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EcoCoin program expanding to Penn State Residential Dining

9/13/18

Following its initial launch at the Penn State Bookstore over the summer, the EcoCoin program is now expanding to Market East, an urban-style neighborhood market located in Findlay Commons at University Park. The goal of the EcoCoin program is to reduce the number of plastic bags used at Penn State.

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The Medical Minute: Suicide: A public health crisis

9/13/18

Each day in the United States, 123 people take their own lives. For each of those deaths, at least 25 more people attempt suicide. The statistics from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention support Dr. Ahmad Hameed’s opinion that suicide has become a public health crisis.

Taylor May, shown here with Gabrielle Dietrich, director of Choral Ensembles at Penn State Behrend and artistic director for YPC Erie, had never sung in a formal choir until he came to college.

Taylor May finds success through song

9/13/18

When Taylor May first arrived at Penn State Behrend, he had never sung in a formal choir. The senior digital media, arts, and technology major now says that joining the Behrend Concert Choir ended up being one of the best decisions he has ever made.

Seed grants to support opioid research announced

9/13/18

Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute, in collaboration with the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, has awarded over $200,000 in funding to support 10 new interdisciplinary teams of Penn State researchers whose work is aimed at combating the opioid epidemic.

schematic of heart pump

Building a safer heart pump

9/13/18

Blood pumps are increasingly a bridge-to-transplant for patients with end-stage heart disease or heart failure, but blood clots and strokes can put patients in peril before they receive a donor heart. Now a four-year, $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health may solve this problem and perhaps open the pumps' use for less-sick patients who could benefit from them.

Sports Gambling

Panel discussion to address legalized sports gambling

9/13/18

A panel of experts, including media members and faculty, will address the potential impact of legalized sports gambling on the landscape of athletics during a free public session at 6 p.m. Oct. 3 in 121 Sparks Building.

2018 Penn State DuBois Championship Baseball Team

National champion DuBois baseball team recognized at Beaver Stadium

9/12/18

The Penn State DuBois baseball team, champions of the 2018 USCAA Small College World Series, was recognized for its success during the All-University Day football game at Beaver stadium on Sept. 15. The team was honored in the second quarter of the game against Kent State.

Vertna Bradley pictured.

SPLICE Festival fuels Behrend professor’s affinity for short films

9/12/18

This past year, Vertna Bradley, an assistant teaching professor of film studies at Penn State Behrend, created the SPLICE Film Fest, an international film and video art festival showcasing short films ranging in length of at least 1 minute to no more than 10 minutes. Held this past summer at the Erie Movie House, the inaugural SPLICE Film Fest received more than 400 entries from 55 different countries.

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