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Avi Loeb will discuss the search for extraterrestrial life on Friday, Nov. 1, when he visits Penn State Behrend as part of the college’s 2019-20 Speaker Series.

Avi Loeb

Avi Loeb will discuss the search for extraterrestrial life on Friday, Nov. 1, when he visits Penn State Behrend as part of the college’s 2019-20 Speaker Series. His talk, which is presented in partnership with the Jefferson Educational Society and its Global Summit Lecture Series, begins at 7:30 p.m. in McGarvey Commons, in the college’s Reed Union Building.

Harborcreek Township supervisor candidates Lynda Meyer and Steve Oler will debate issues of importance to the community during a forum at Penn State Behrend on Wednesday, Oct. 23.

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Harborcreek Township supervisor candidates Steve Oler and Lynda Meyer will debate issues of importance to the community during a forum at Penn State Behrend on Wednesday, Oct. 23. The program, which begins at 6 p.m. in the McGarvey Commons of the Reed Union Building, is free and open to the public.

A water sample from Lake Erie shows Hemymisis anomala.

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A water sample from Lake Erie shows Hemimysis anomala, also known as the bloody red shrimp. The species had never been found in Pennsylvania waters.

Two female students check a net after sampling Lake Erie for bloody red shrimp.

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Student researchers netted the first evidence of Hemimysis anomala, or the bloody red shrimp, in Lake Erie's Pennsylvania waters.