Penn State’s Radiation Science & Engineering Center and the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering broke ground on a 10,000-square-foot, $9.5 million expansion of the Breazeale Reactor on Oct. 21. The nation’s first licensed and longest continuously operating nuclear research reactor, Breazeale’s expansion will accommodate an equipment donation from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin in Germany, valued at $9.8 million, and facilitate more advanced neutron beam research as well as the growth of nuclear engineering at Penn State.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from 2017 to 2019. As an adviser to the White House Coronavirus Task Force, he helped shape the federal response to the pandemic – and the precautions that are being taken to manage the next viral outbreak.
A $3 million gift from Samuel P. "Pat" Black III and Sumi James-Black will help attract and retain businesses in Penn State Behrend's Knowledge Park. A $3 million match from Penn State will double the gift's impact.
More than 100 students from 20 area high schools attended Penn State Behrend's 2021 "Women in Engineering Day" program -- the college's first large-scale, in-person youth-outreach program since the start of the pandemic.
Penn State Behrend is replacing Erie Hall with a new, $28.2 million fitness, recreation, and wellness center. This video animation by Sasaki Associates and Weber Murphy Fox offers a preview of the new building, which should be completed in early 2023.
The Lion’s Pantry at Penn State Behrend provides free food and hygiene products, which can be picked up at Smith Chapel. For details, or to request food, go to https://sites.psu.edu/behrendlionspantry/.
Recruiters from nearly 100 companies attended Penn State Behrend’s Oct. 7 Career and Internship Fair – the college’s first large, in-person career program since the start of the pandemic.
Penn State Behrend's 15th Annual Endowed Scholarship Luncheon on Saturday, October 24, 2015, filled Junker Center with students, parents, and philanthropists. In these videos, students, donors, and academic leaders talk about how scholarships contribute to student success at Behrend.