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Scientific posters on easels line a large room, with windows on one side. People are grouped together in two or threes, discussing the research on the posters.

Engineering symposium highlights undergraduate research experiences

Undergraduate students from across Penn State and the world capped off their Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs with a research symposium on July 30.

08/22/19

A counselor talks with a distressed patient.

Trauma summit at Penn State Behrend

Penn State Behrend will host a free, two-day training summit on the impact of trauma and the need for trauma-informed care strategies.

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Previously known as ultimate frisbee, Ultimate is a non-contact team sport played with a flying disc.

Penn State Behrend’s College for Kids course applies science to sport

This summer, Penn State Behrend's College for Kids program offered an introduction to the sport of Ultimate through Ultimate Frisbee/Disc Golf- STEM Style!, one of more than 100 half- and full-day courses offered during College for Kids.

08/12/19

Emma Stafford, left, and Kendra Kope, both students in the General McLane School District, program an Ozobot during the Wabtec Girls With Steam program.

Middle schoolers participate in 20-plus activities at Wabtec girls camp

Nearly 50 seventh- and eighth-grade female students attended Wabtec Girls With STEAM at Penn State Behrend in late June. The program is a weeklong science, technology, engineering and math camp where attendees are paired with female mentors from Wabtec Corp. Other women — Wabtec engineers and faculty members from Penn State Behrend — lead classroom and lab sessions.

07/12/19

Penn State TLT Operations Team Award winners standing in front of a screen

Penn State IT awarded the 2019 Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI) Advantage Contributors Institutional Leadership Award at the IMS Global Learning Impact Institute in San Diego

Penn State IT awarded the 2019 Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI) Advantage Contributors Institutional Leadership Award at the IMS Global Learning Impact Institute in San Diego on May 23, 2019. Pictured (left to right): Tony Anderson, Penn State learning tools and learning management system manager, TLT director of operations Terry O’Heron, and learning tools project manager Kristen Lytle at the IMS Global Learning Impact Institute in San Diego.

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Nominations sought for Graduate School Alumni Society awards

The Graduate School Alumni Society is accepting nominations at this time for three recognition awards—the Early Career Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, and Humanitarian Award.

06/21/19

A portrait of Courtney Nagle, associate professor of mathematics education at Penn State Behrend

National Science Foundation awards more than $1 million to Behrend researchers

The National Science Foundation has awarded more than $1 million to researchers at Penn State Behrend to develop a pipeline of highly qualified mathematics teachers who are committed to teaching in “high-need” school districts.

06/17/19

Courtney Nagle (2019 NSF grant)

The National Science Foundation has awarded more than $1 million to Courtney Nagle, associate professor of mathematics education at Penn State Behrend, to combat the shortage of math teachers in four Erie County school districts.

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Ani Entrekin, left, and Maygan Stoddard work to create a dome during the Inspiring Bright Futures program, held May 22 at Penn State Behrend.

High school students create domes during Behrend Youth Outreach program

More than 50 students from Warren County School District attended the inaugural Inspiring Bright Futures program May 22 at Penn State Behrend. The program brings high school students from rural populations to the college, so they can experience a higher education setting and participate in STEM workshops.

06/11/19

Four students walk in the woods of Wintergreen Gorge.

Wintergreen Gorge sustainability master plan

Penn State Behrend is leading a coordinated effort to protect and preserve Wintergreen Gorge, a Natural Heritage Area on and adjacent to the Behrend campus.

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