In preparation for the departure from campuses after in-person instruction ends on Nov. 20, Penn State has announced an aggressive fall departure plan offering all students COVID-19 testing, at no cost to students. Penn State is partnering with Vault Health for departure testing, which will be conducted either in person at predetermined testing sites on certain campuses or via self-administered test kits. Students can now book their appointment to receive an administered test or to pick up a self-test by using the Return Home Event on the Penn State Go App or by visiting virusinfo.psu.edu/departure-testing.
Penn State Behrend's fall theater production — a four-day run of "Really Really," by Paul Downs Colaizzo — will take a new form, due to the need for social distancing during the pandemic. The cast will interact on-camera, from individual rooms in Perry Hall.
Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from tests administered during the period of Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, as well as new University testing results from the prior week.
Penn State released its preliminary coronavirus testing results for the period of Oct. 23 to 29 on its COVID-19 dashboard today (Oct. 30). The University Park campus received 110 positive on-demand test results and 17 positive random test results from student testing during the period of Oct. 23 to 29.
Ron Forbes invented a rubber insert that blocks birds from nesting in the cover of a propane tank. Students in Penn State Behrend's Innovation Commons helped him design it.
Project managers from Rolls-Royce, IBM and the Department of Defense will participate in a series of Zoom talks and panel discussions during the Nov. 4 Project and Supply Chain Management Day at Penn State Behrend.
Author Mary Shelley wrote five versions of “Frankenstein.” A Penn State Behrend professor is leading an effort to digitally collate them, offering a new way to read the classic novel.
William Friedlander’s career path was set in the second grade, when he rode the Phantom’s Revenge for the first time. After two internships and a capstone design project, the Penn State graduate is much closer to his goal: a job as a roller coaster field engineer.
Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from tests administered during the period of Oct. 16 to 18, as well as new University testing results from the prior week. As of Oct. 19 at University Park, there are 193 active student cases and 3,345 students have completed their isolation period and are no longer active cases.
