Penn State Behrend has launched a new lecture series that will feature leading researchers in the field of Holocaust studies. The programs, which continue through March 25, are open to the public at no cost.
A series of online events this spring will offer prospective graduate students information about Penn State Behrend’s master’s degree programs, including curriculum, course content and financial aid resources.
When three married couples enrolled in Penn State Behrend’s MBA program, they learned they had an advantage over other students: “We always knew who our partner would be for any class project,” one said.
Joe Prischak, an Erie community leader who was instrumental in founding Penn State Behrend's plastics engineering technology program, has been named to the Plastics Hall of Fame.
Social activist and author Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, will discuss her work as a community organizer, artist and advocate when the Speaker Series at Penn State Behrend resumes, via Zoom, on Feb. 17.
A band of Reddit investors pushed the price of GameStop's stock from $17 to $483. Then the bottom fell out. Greg Filbeck, director of the Black School of Business and the Samuel P. Black III Professor of Finance and Risk Management at Penn State Behrend, said there are lessons to be learned from what happened.
Jeff Kochel grew up on the grounds of Penn State Behrend. He and his wife, Pam, have endowed an undergraduate research fund that will support students in the Biology major at the college.
As big brands backed away, Super Bowl advertising looked a bit different this year, said Arpan Yagnik, assistant professor of advertising at Penn State Behrend.
The Erie screening of “The Gene: An Intimate History,” a two-part PBS documentary by Ken Burns, will include a panel discussion featuring three Penn State Behrend faculty members. The discussion will be livestreamed, beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 3.
