Feature Archive - Academics

Hillkirk leaves legacy of commitment to community engagement, ethics and sustainability

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Penn State Berks will hold a variety of events from Nov. 11–15 including a Meetup, a speaker series, and a Creativity and Entrepreneurship Workshop.

The innovators of tomorrow will be practicing imaginative thinking and teamwork at the FIRST LEGO League Challenge set for January 26, 2019.

Dr. V, a Berks professor, and two students studied the walking-step accuracy of the Apple Watch 1.

Kaylee Grindrod developed an app to help children with ASD learn to read facial expressions and improve their communication skills.

Tesfay Rezene found a second home at Penn State Berks after fleeing his native Eritrea at just 14 years old. Armed with two Penn State degrees in global studies and political science, he plans to do his part to help other refugees.

Kale Odhner and his fellow Penn State Berks students took their senior capstone project all the way to the "Sugar Shot to Space" in California’s Mojave Desert in hopes of breaking a world record for altitude with a sugar-fueled rocket.

With a transformational joint gift to Penn State Berks, two Penn State alumni couples have launched a comprehensive new scholarship program.

Eric Miller, a sophomore mechanical engineering major at Penn State Berks, is designing and creating a lightweight, low-cost, longer-lasting and fully mobile lower-leg prosthetic.

Penn State and Schreyer Honors College alumna Aniyia Williams is the founder and CEO of Tinsel, a company that manufactures electronic devices that also serve as fashion accessories.