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Timothy Kurzweg, a longtime administrator and Drexel University professor, has been selected to lead the School of Engineering at Penn State Behrend, effective July 1.

A tropical setting in the Bahamas with blue water and a beach.

Coral and algea in a Bahamian reef

Queen triggerfish {Balistes vetula} swimming over a coral reef in the Bahamas.

A conch shell is shown on a beach in the Bahamas.

A loss to Pitt-Greensburg ended the Penn State Behrend baseball team's 2018 season.

Alicyn M. Rhoades, assistant professor of engineering, gave the faculty address at Penn State Behrend's spring 2018 commencement ceremony. 

The Yahn Planetarium, which operated as the Erie Planetarium since 1959, relocated to Penn State Behrend in 2014 and has become a staple of the college’s School of Science. More than 11,000 visitors enjoyed a show at the planetarium in 2017.

The Yahn Planetarium at Penn State Behrend offers several hands-on activities, including the remote-controlled miniature lunar rover pictured here.