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Penn State Behrend professor Alicyn Rhoades works on the college's environmental scanning electron microscope.

Alicyn Rhoades at ESEM

Alicyn Rhoades, an assistant professor of engineering at Penn State Behrend, has been awarded a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation CAREER grant to study thermal transition rates in plastics processing.

The Light in the Piazza

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Gabriel Pena, right, and Kevin Dort, work through a scene for the Penn State Centre Stage production of 'The Light in the Piazza' opening April 4 and running through April 15 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre. 'The Light in the Piazza' is directed by Penn State M.F.A. directing candidate Darcy Evans with musical direction by M.F.A. candidate Chris Rayis.

Justin Sommers takes advantage of a free professional photo booth.

Career Fair Photo Booth

Justin Sommers takes advantage of a free professional photo booth, which was coordinated by the student organization DOPE (Diverse Organization of Photo & Video Enthusiasts) at the spring Career and Internship Fair at Penn State Behrend.

Bikash Subba, a senior mechanical engineering technology major, converses with an employer at Penn State Behrend's spring Career and Internship Fair, held March 16 at the college.

Bikash Subba

Bikash Subba, a senior mechanical engineering technology major, converses with an employer at Penn State Behrend's spring Career and Internship Fair, held March 16 at the college.

Faculty member Beth Potter poses near birdhouses on the Penn State Behrend campus.

Beth Potter with Purple Martins

Beth Potter, an associate professor of microbiology at Penn State Behrend, hopes to draw a colony of Purple Martins to the college. The studies the microflora on the birds' eggs.

A portrait of the Penn State Behrend CFA Research Challenge team

Penn State Behrend 2017 Research Challenge team

A Penn State Behrend student research team -- Austin Montevecchio, Andrew Buzzelli, Ariana Gloeckner, Jason Pettner and Richard Kelly -- won the first round of the CFA Institute Research Challenge. The team will compete in Seattle in April.

A portrait of Penn State Behrend's CFA Research Challenge team

Penn State Behrend CFA research team

A Penn State Behrend student research team -- Austin Montevecchio, Andrew Buzzelli, Ariana Gloeckner, Jason Pettner and Richard Kelly -- won the first round of the CFA Institute Research Challenge. The team will compete in Seattle in April.