As Penn State University Libraries launches into its third University-wide Libraries Short Stories writing contest, previous Penn State authors’ winning works now have twice the potential to be printed and read across Pennsylvania, with the University Libraries’ installation of new Short Edition story dispensers at five of its Commonwealth Campus libraries.
At Aquinas College, where she was an All-American runner, Rachael Rose Steil once lived on a diet of 30 bananas a day. She will discuss how athletes struggle with food issues during a March 13 program at Penn State Behrend.
Dawne Hickton, chair of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland, will discuss her career path when the Finance Speaker Series returns to Penn State Behrend on April 15. The program is free and open to the public, and free parking will be available in the deck located behind Burke Center, off Technology Drive.
What happens when a hypothesis has to be formed and tested on the fly? That’s the question that awaited participants as they arrived at the Mystery Architecture activity at the 2019 regional Science Olympiad, held this month at Penn State Behrend. More than 400 area middle- and high-school students from 35 schools participated in the event.
The Penn State Behrend women’s water polo team won its first game of the season, beating Utica 14-8. Lauren Wood, a senior from Vernon Hills, Illinois, set a school record for career goals, with 159.
Linda Bernardi, former chief innovation officer at IBM, will discuss the future of Blockchain, artificial intelligence, big-data analytics and the "Internet of Things" when she visits Penn State Behrend for the college's Speaker Series on March 13.
Penn State Behrend’s baseball and softball teams opened their seasons with spring-break games in Florida. The baseball team was 1-2 at midweek; the softball team was 1-1.
Penn State industrial engineering alumnus William Korb and his wife, Wendy, who is also a Penn State graduate, have contributed $100,000 to fund and endow three Open Doors Scholarships in the College of Engineering.
David Baker will read poems from his latest collection, “Scavenger Loop,” on Thursday, April 4, when the 2018-19 Creative Writers Reading Series returns to Penn State Behrend. His 6 p.m. reading and the reception preceding it are free and open to the public. Both events will be held in the Larry and Kathryn Smith Chapel.
Former Gov. Tom Ridge visited Penn State Behrend to discuss opportunities for Great Lakes-related research. "We have a responsibility to preserve the environment and make sure that the generations that succeed us can enjoy it," he said.
