Beginning the second summer session, Penn State students dining on campus will have an easier time identifying food allergen information and dishes that suit their dietary needs and preferences, thanks to new menu item cards featuring a new allergen icon identification system.
The Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) has awarded seed grants to 22 groups of interdisciplinary researchers for the 2020-21 award cycle. This year, seed grants were awarded to proposals focusing on at least one of IEE’s five strategic research themes — Climate and Ecosystem Change, Health and the Environment, Integrated Energy Systems, Urban Systems, and Water and Biogeochemical Cycles.
The Graduate School Alumni Society is now accepting nominations for its annual graduate alumni recognition awards—the Early Career Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, and Humanitarian Award.
As part of our regular "We Are!" feature, we recognize thirteen Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what's asked of them in their work at the University. Thank you Ashley, Kathleen, Ebonie, Alice, Kristen, Nathan, Emily, Clark, John, Jolene, Lisa, Olivia and Tracy — and everyone who helps make Penn State such an incredible community!
The Penn State Behrend athletics program has won its first AMCC Institutional Peak Performer Award, which honors the program with the highest percentage of student-athletes named to the Academic All-Conference Team.
Two Penn State Behrend faculty members will be featured in an online screening and panel discussion about “Hemingway,” the new PBS film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, on June 17.
Ihab Ragai, associate professor of engineering at Penn State Behrend, has been named one of the 20 most influential academics in ‘smart manufacturing,’ as chosen by SME, the former Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
The Intrieri Family Student-Managed Fund at Penn State Behrend is now worth more than $1 million. The fund will soon begin to pay out scholarships for students in Behrend’s Black School of Business.
The six-week Pathways to Success Summer Start program provides tools and resources that help Penn State students transition to college. At Penn State Behrend, students in the program also are eligible for Excelerate scholarships.
