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An employee in a hat and facemask poses in a shop stocked with wicker baskets.

Economic impact of immigrant workers in Erie

Immigrants and refugees who resettle in Erie County contribute approximately $253 million to the local economy every year, according to a recent study by the Economic Research Institute of Erie (ERIE), an outreach center of Penn State Behrend’s Black School of Business.

An employee in a hat and facemask poses in a shop stocked with wicker baskets.

Economic impact of immigrant workers in Erie

Immigrants and refugees who resettle in Erie County contribute approximately $253 million to the local economy every year, according to a recent study by the Economic Research Institute of Erie (ERIE), an outreach center of Penn State Behrend’s Black School of Business.

A close-up of the gate to the Dachau concentration camp

Behrend community to contribute to "Long Night of the Digital Memorial"

Members of the Penn State Behrend community will contribute to the “Long Night of the Digital Memorial,” an international effort on Nov. 9 to upload the names of Holocaust victims who were sent to the Dachau concentration camp. The image is a close-up of the gate to the concentration camp, the detail of which reads "Arbeit Macht Frei" in German, which translates in English to "Work Makes You Free."

A Penn State Behrend volleyball player spikes the ball.

Behrend volleyball team wins AMCC championship

The Penn State Behrend women’s volleyball team swept Alfred State in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship match and will face Calvin University in the first round of the NCAA Division III tournament on Thursday.

A portrait of Amy Carney, associate professor of history at Penn State Behrend.

Amy Carney

Amy Carney is an associate professor of history at Penn State Behrend and a member of the Distinguished Honors Faculty Program at Penn State’s Schreyer Honors College.

A close-up of the gate to the Dachau concentration camp

Behrend community to contribute to "Long Night of the Digital Memorial"

Members of the Penn State Behrend community will contribute to the “Long Night of the Digital Memorial,” an international effort on Nov. 9 to upload the names of Holocaust victims who were sent to the Dachau concentration camp. The image is a close-up of the gate to the concentration camp, the detail of which reads "Arbeit Macht Frei" in German, which translates in English to "Work Makes You Free."