Penn State Behrend is planning for one or more in-person commencement ceremonies to honor the college’s Spring 2021 graduates. The ceremonies will be held on campus on Saturday, May 8.
Penn State Behrend’s athletics teams continue their spring seasons, with increased COVID-19 testing of student-athletes and restrictions on attendance at all home events.
A four-year, $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will support summer research opportunities for college students who want to work in Pennsylvania’s grape and wine industry. The program will be based at the Lake Erie Regional Grape Research and Extension Center.
The Penn State Alumni Association will recognize 16 outstanding Penn Staters during a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, April 13. Registration is open and free to all Penn Staters, and you can sign up online.
The K-pop band BTS generates more than $3.6 billion for South Korea’s economy every year. Inkyu Kang, an associate professor at Penn State Behrend, saw that coming: He wrote a book about K-pop in 2015.
Penn State Behrend’s athletics teams have resumed intercollegiate and exhibition play, with increased COVID-19 testing of student-athletes and restrictions on attendance at all home events.
Ashutosh Deshmukh didn’t plan to be a college professor, but his path has led him to the profession’s highest rank at Penn State: He has been named distinguished professor of accounting and management information systems.
As of March 1 (the conclusion of the universal required re-testing period), the University is conducting random testing of between 1% and 2% of the University’s population of students and employees living, learning or working on campus as well as those who access campus.
The 5G rollout on America’s east coast will be supported in part by a team at Penn State Behrend’s Knowledge Park, where Cyient is designing ways to bring fiber-optic cable to individual properties.
A new scholarship named for the late Sally Metzgar will support Penn State Behrend students whose gender, race or ethnic identity contribute to the diversity of the college.
