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A logo for the NAMRC/MSEC conference at Erie's Bayfront Convention Center

NAMRC graphic

Penn State Behrend will host the co-located North American Manufacturing Research Conference and the ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference at Erie's Bayfront Convention Center June 10-14.

Danica Park, left, and Kristine Wurst play with the slime they created during "The Science of Slime" workshop at Penn State Behrend's Math Options Career Day.

Math Options 2019

Danica Park, left, and Kristine Wurst play with the slime they created during "The Science of Slime" workshop at Penn State Behrend's Math Options Career Day. Park and Wurst were two of 215 seventh- and eighth-grade girls to attend the outreach event on May 7.

Jakob Cole poses with a football.

Jakob Cole

Jakob Cole wrote the book "How Cats Got Their Colors" with help from his mother, Heather Cole, an assistant teaching professor of digital arts at Penn State Behrend.

An illustration of a cartoon cat standing on several different pools of color.

'How Cats Got Their Colors'

An illustration from "How Cats Got Their Colors," a book by Jakob Cole. Cole's mother, Heather Cole, assistant teaching professor of digital arts at Penn State Behrend, helped him publish the book and created digital artwork to accompany the story.