A team of Penn State Berks faculty members received VentureWell’s Faculty Grant in the amount of $14,394 for the project titled “Cross Pollination of STEM Courses to Sustain Entrepreneur teams’ Disruptive-technology Solutions (STEM Seeds).”
At the 2019 College and University Public Relations and Associated Professionals (CUPRAP) Awards Ceremony, the Penn State Berks Office of Strategic Communications was presented with a Silver CUPPIE Award in the Poster category for their Macbeth Theatre poster.
Berks contributed $97.5 million to the Pennsylvania economy in FY 2017, and supported, 1,356 Pennsylvania jobs. A new study released Feb. 26 by Penn State, focused on measuring the University’s impact in communities across the Commonwealth.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Harrisburg Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution honored Ruth Matilda Freyberger on March 14, with assistance from Marilyn Fox of the Penn State Berks Freyberger Gallery.
Slam poet Taylor Mali will share his gift with Penn State Berks on Tuesday, April 2, at 7 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium at Penn State Berks. This event is free and open to the public.
As part of the Penn State Berks Sustainability Film Series, the college will host a screening of the film “Chasing Coral” at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 25, in room 101, Franco Building. This event is free and open to the public.
The Penn State Alumni Association will honor prominent young alumni at the Alumni Achievement Awards on March 29.
Madison Wojciechowski, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering at Penn State Berks, was selected as a finalist to present her research at a Society of Women Engineers WE Local Conference on Feb. 15 to 16, in Tampa, Florida.
David Tuck, a survivor of the Holocaust, will visit Penn State Berks at 12:15 p.m. Monday, April 1, and speak about his experiences in the Multipurpose Room of the Perkins Student Center. This event is free and open to the public.
The Freyberger Gallery will host the FH Gaige II Juried Exhibit in honor of the late CEO Emeritus Frederick H. Gaige. The exhibit includes more than 60 pieces of art including painting, sculpture, printmaking, fabric art, and ceramics from Berks County.
As Penn State University Libraries launches into its third University-wide Libraries Short Stories writing contest, previous Penn State authors’ winning works now have twice the potential to be printed and read across Pennsylvania, with the University Libraries’ installation of new Short Edition story dispensers at five of its Commonwealth Campus libraries.
After turning in a stellar debut season, Latrell Carroll was named the D3hoops.com East Region Rookie of the Year, as announced by the organization on Monday afternoon.
Penn State Berks Startup Week features entrepreneurial workshops; networking events; a student pitch competition on WPSU’s “The Investment”; and presentations from startup founders and corporate innovators, including many Penn State alumni.
On Wednesday, March 13, Penn State Berks hosted the Berks County STEM Network Meeting, which brought high school and middle school teachers and STEM coordinators together to discuss best practices to generate interest for STEM.
Ethan Adams, a Penn State Berks junior with a double major in information sciences and technology, and security and risk analysis, is the first recipient of the Simplr Artificial Intelligence Technology Scholarship.
