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A portrait of the Harlem Quartet

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The Grammy Award-winning Harlem Quartet will perform a free concert in Penn State Behrend’s McGarvey Commons beginning at noon on Thursday, April 7.

College officials and guests cut the ribbon opening Penn State Behrend's Innovation Commons lab.

Innovation Commons ribbon-cutting

A Jan. 8 ribbon-cutting opened the Innovation Commons lab at Penn State Behrend, one of six new entrepreneurship centers funded by the Invent Penn State initiative. Participating were, from left: Samuel P. "Pat" Black III, chairman of Erie Management Group and a longtime supporter of Penn State Behrend; Penn State Vice President for Research Neil Sharkey; Penn State Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses Madlyn Hanes; Penn State President Eric Barron; Penn State Behrend Chancellor Ralph Ford; Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper; Perry Wood, executive director of the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority; and Scott McCain, chairman of the Penn State Behrend Council of Fellows.

Sarah Thomas, the first female NFL official, on the field during a game.

NFL official Sarah Thomas

Sarah Thomas, the first woman to work on an NFL officiating crew, will visit Penn State Behrend on April 5 as part of the college's Speaker Series.

Old main in the springtime

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Eleven Penn State engineering graduates will be honored on April 4 at the College of Engineering’s Outstanding Engineering Alumni Awards ceremony at Hyatt Place State College.