The Penn State Behrend women’s soccer team won its eighth consecutive Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference title with a 1-0 victory over Mt. Aloysius. The men’s team defeated Medaille, 3-1. Both teams carry eight-game winning streaks into the NCAA tournaments.
NASA's partnerships with SpaceX and other private companies were planned long before any of those companies existed, astronaut Michael Fincke said during a visit to Penn State Behrend: The government did the same thing with air travel.
Former presidential candidate Howard Dean and political analyst Elise Jordan – a regular contributor to NBC News, MSNBC and Time magazine – will debate the ideological rift in modern American politics during the next installment of the Speaker Series at Penn State Behrend on Nov. 13.
With energy demands rising, researchers at Penn State Behrend and the University of Tabriz, Iran, have completed an algorithm — or approach — to design more efficient wind farms, helping to generate more revenue for builders and more renewable energy for their customers.
A total of 55 seventh-graders from the Youngsville School District attended 21st Century Kids, held Friday, Oct. 19, at Penn State Behrend. The program brings youth from rural populations to the college, allowing them to experience a college setting and participate in hands-on STEM workshops taught by Penn State Behrend faculty members and leaders from local STEM-focused businesses.
“We Gather Here Together,” the fall concert from the Choirs of Penn State Behrend, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, in the college’s Larry and Kathryn Smith Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.
“Star of Wonder,” this year's holiday concert from the Young People's Chorus of Erie, will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at Our Lady of Peace Church in Erie. Musical selections will focus on stars and celestial bodies, as well as the theme of “wonder.” Several holiday favorites also will be performed.
A life-changing experience led alumna Ashlyn Kelly to join, and then lead, the Random Acts of Kindness club, which works anonymously to promote goodwill at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
Penn State Behrend alumnus Peter Grant has studied mayflies for more than 40 years. Their adult form is a bit unusual, he says: They have no digestive system.
Penn State Behrend’s cross-country teams placed second at the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championships. Zachary Tingley led the men with a fourth-place overall finish; Riley Crissman finished third overall in the women’s field.
