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Executives in Residence Justin Bloyd ’05, left, and Mark Nachman, hosted a networking event for Black School of Business students at the college’s Logan House in March.

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Executives in Residence Justin Bloyd ’05, left, and Mark Nachman, hosted a networking event for Black School of Business students at the college’s Logan House in March.

The Master of Manufacturing Management (MMM) degree, jointly offered by the School of Engineering and Black School of Business, can now be pursued primarily online.

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The Master of Manufacturing Management (MMM) degree, jointly offered by the School of Engineering and Black School of Business, can now be pursued primarily online.

Richard Vann, an assistant professor of marketing at Penn State Behrend, is the lead author of “When consumers struggle: Action crisis and its effects on problematic goal pursuit,” published early online in the journal Psychology & Marketing.

Richard Vann

Richard Vann, an assistant professor of marketing at Penn State Behrend, is the lead author of “When consumers struggle: Action crisis and its effects on problematic goal pursuit,” published early online in the journal Psychology & Marketing. The research focuses on understanding how goal-derailing obstacles can impact a person's ability to achieve his or her goal.

A professor posed in front of two flags at NASA.

Charlotte de Vries at NASA

Charlotte Marr de Vries, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State Behrend, completed a 10-week faculty fellowship at NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.

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Charlotte de Vries at chalkboard

"They're pretty far out at the edge of what's being invented," Charlotte Marr de Vries says of the work at NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, where she served a 10-week faculty fellowship. "It was cool to have even a tiny part in that process."

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A spotted lanternfly mass on a grapevine in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, last year. Mass feeding can cause shoots and canes to wither and die, and honeydew can lead to sooty mold growth that contaminates grape clusters.