Ethan Fontana noticed an inconsistency while using a ticker tape timer in a Penn State Behrend physics lab. When he couldn’t find an explanation, he set out to study the cause himself.
Penn State Behrend's Innovation Commons has become a lifeline for local entrepreneurs. It's also an incubator for student- and alumni-led companies, including Bayfront Glass and M2 Additive Manufacturing.
Penn State Behrend alumnus Justin R. Bloyd and his company, RB Sigma, LLC, have made a gift of $25,000 to the college's Student Hardship Fund. Bloyd also gave $10,000 to the Black School of Business, where he has served as an Executive in Residence.
The Intrieri Family Student Managed Fund lost some value when the COVID-19 pandemic upended the financial markets. In the weeks since, however, the team that controls the fund has recovered half its losses.
Joel Hunt, associate teaching professor at Penn State Behrend, has been named music director for the Gem City Jazz Ensemble. The band specializes in swing, jazz, funk and big-band charts.
Penn State Behrend’s Learning Resource Center continued to support students in the remote-learning environment. Within a week of the online transition, 70% of the center’s tutors were working through Zoom.
Five Penn State Behrend faculty members have been recognized with the college’s annual Excellence awards as well as the Benjamin A. Lane Outstanding Service Award.
With Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s announcement today (May 22) of additional counties moving to yellow phase over the next two weeks, students residing in those counties can now begin scheduling a move-out date from their on-campus residence halls. A number of Penn State campuses will also begin scheduling students for move out.
Penn State Behrend recognized 110 students for outstanding academic achievement at the college’s annual Honors and Awards Convocation, which was presented virtually for the first time in its 71-year history.
Three Penn State Behrend students recently received the University Libraries' Undergraduate Research: Excellence in Information Literacy Award for their work with Behrend faculty members.