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A portrait of Cora E. MacBeth, director of the School of Science at Penn State Behrend

Cora E. MacBeth

Cora E. MacBeth, a longtime faculty member and academic administrator at Emory University, has been appointed director of the School of Science at Penn State Behrend.

A portrait of Cora E. MacBeth, director of the School of Science at Penn State Behrend

Cora E. MacBeth

Cora E. MacBeth, a longtime faculty member and academic administrator at Emory University, has been appointed director of the School of Science at Penn State Behrend.

5 students holding awards standing next to John Sr. and Kimlyn Patishnock

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The John Sr. and Kimlyn Patishnock Undergraduate Research Award: Excellence in Information Literacy is awarded to University Park students who achieved outstanding undergraduate student research at the Undergraduate Research Exhibition. From left, Isaac Gray, second place; Dalimar Flores-Torres, first place; Paige Fino, grand prize; Gabrielle Mu, honorable mention; Natalie Meriwether, honorable mention; Kimlyn Patishnock and John Patishnock Sr. Not pictured: Lucas Beddick, third place; Jaacob Kohler, honorable mention; Abigail Silberman, honorable mention. 

5 students holding awards standing next to John Sr. and Kimlyn Patishnock

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The John Sr. and Kimlyn Patishnock Undergraduate Research Award: Excellence in Information Literacy is awarded to University Park students who achieved outstanding undergraduate student research at the Undergraduate Research Exhibition. From left, Isaac Gray, second place; Dalimar Flores-Torres, first place; Paige Fino, grand prize; Gabrielle Mu, honorable mention; Natalie Meriwether, honorable mention; Kimlyn Patishnock and John Patishnock Sr. Not pictured: Lucas Beddick, third place; Jacob Kohler, honorable mention; Abigail Silberman, honorable mention. 

Students pose with the director of the School of Engineering at Penn State Behrend's Fasenmyer Design Conference.

Fasenmyer design team at Penn State Behrend

More than 210 students presented their capstone projects at Penn State Behrend’s Fasenmyer Engineering Design Conference. The projects included sustainable bioplastics, an AI camera system and a smartphone app that can identify human bones at forensic recovery sites.

Track-and-field athlete Dan Dabrowski celebrates after a discus throw.

Dan Dabrowski

Penn State Behrend track-and-field athlete Dan Dabrowski set school and meet records in the discus on the final day of the State University of New York Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships.