A NASA-led team of astronomers has discovered five new planets, two of which are a habitable distance from their star.
“It’s the system that most resembles the Earth’s,” said Justin R. Crepp, assistant professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame and a 2003 alumnus of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. “These are the smallest planets we have found so far in a habitable zone.”
Layoffs at GE Transportation, the largest employer in Erie County, could raise the county’s unemployment rate by 0.6 percent, said Jim Kurre, professor of economics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, and director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie.
The “Pride of PA” battalion of the U.S. Army ROTC – a unit that includes students from Penn State Behrend – has won a General Douglas MacArthur Award for excellence. The unit outperformed 40 others to earn the honor.
Layoffs at GE Transportation, the largest employer in Erie County, could raise the county's unemployment rate by 0.6 percent, said Jim Kurre, professor of economics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, and director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie.
The Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has maintained its accreditation by AACSB International – the highest standard of achievement in business education.
Penn State Behrend mechanical engineering alumnus David W. Boyce ’01, chief executive officer of CMI Industry Americas Inc., will be honored Friday night with a Penn State Alumni Association 2013 Alumni Achievement Award.
Asked to explain water polo to a person with no concept of the sport, head coach Joe Tristan puts it in terms any native Northerner can understand: “It’s like hockey in the water.”
Layoffs at GE Transportation, the largest employer in Erie County, could raise the county’s unemployment rate by 0.6 percent, said Jim Kurre, professor of economics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, and director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie.
Senior Ryan Jacobs pitched a perfect game on April 14 – the first in the history of Penn State Behrend baseball.
The Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has maintained its accreditation by AACSB International – the highest standard of achievement in business education.
Penn State Behrend mechanical engineering alumnus David W. Boyce ’01, chief executive officer of CMI Industry Americas Inc., will be honored Friday night with a Penn State Alumni Association 2013 Alumni Achievement Award.