Penn State Behrend will host a free, two-day training summit on the impact of trauma and trauma-informed responses to emergency situations on Aug. 19 and 20 in Erie Hall.
An interdisciplinary team composed of faculty from the Departments of Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering and the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs recently received $50,000 from the College of Engineering’s Engineering for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (ENGINE) grant program for its project focused on 3D-printed concrete.
Assistant Professor of Psychology Roger Beaty and two colleagues from other institutions will collaborate on an NSF-funded project to understand and measure creativity in the context of science.
Penn State Lehigh Valley will host an open house for prospective students and their families on Sept. 28.
Penn State Lehigh Valley alumni, students and community are invited to campus to celebrate their Penn State pride during the third annual WE ARE Lehigh Valley Homecoming Week, beginning Sept. 23.
As Penn State’s Renaissance Fund celebrates its 42nd year of honoring outstanding community members and helping students in need, the fund’s board of directors has selected James Franklin, head coach of the Penn State football program, as the 2019 honoree. A dinner in Franklin’s honor will be held on Oct. 30
"Chris Bonner: Fire Wood fired" will be on display Aug. 19 to Oct. 12 in the Ronald K. De Long Gallery at Penn State Lehigh Valley.
Penn State Lehigh Valley will begin its fall Certified Recovery Specialist (CRS) 54-Hour Training on Oct. 5. CRS professionals assist others in recovery from substance-use disorders.
The Arts Project at Penn State Lehigh Valley has announced its fall 2019 sessions, featuring a variety of workshops, from papermaking to ceramic tiles and mosaics.
Four Diamonds Mini-THON revealed a record $7.2 million raised in one year to fight childhood cancer at the annual Mini-THON Leadership Summit on Aug. 9.
By discovering a way to combine lithium salts with ceramics, researchers in the Penn State College of Engineering and the Penn State Materials Research Institute may have created a new class of materials for longer-lasting batteries. According to researchers, the composite nature of the batteries could make recycling easier, reducing landfill waste.
Former Penn State men’s volleyball student-athletes Matt Anderson, Max Holt, and Aaron Russell and the U.S. men’s national team qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after winning three-straight matches in the FIVB qualification tournament.
Everywhere you go there are stormwater detention basins built near large construction projects intended to control the flow of rainwater and runoff. Now, those basins might help in controlling nitrogen runoff into rivers and lakes, according to Lauren E. McPhillips, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Penn State.
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.
Several new startups launched by community and student entrepreneurs recently graduated from the Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank FastTrack Accelerator. Their ideas spanned acne treatment; a better way to find a tech dream job or sublet an apartment; and a Smoke Shield System that increases the amount of time someone trapped in a fire can survive while waiting to be rescued.
