Penn State Berks has announced its summer 2026 dean’s list. To earn a dean’s list designation, students must end the semester with a 3.5 grade-point average or higher. Students are listed alphabetically by hometown and last name.
Penn State Berks will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15-Oct. 15, with a variety of vibrant events, educational presentations and cultural showcases. These events include dynamic speakers, Latin cuisine, music, dancing and much more. All events are free and open to the public and most are held at Penn State Berks, except those sponsored by the Berks LaunchBox.
The Berks LaunchBox powered by Penn State has announced six recipients of its ‘IMAGINE Your Business’ grant, designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs accelerate their business growth. The program awards up to $2,000 to assist startups with prototyping, marketing, product development and other essential business expenses.
RegisterBlast, a new tool to assist accommodated students registered with Student Disability Resources and faculty who are instructing them, is being rolled out for the fall 2026 semester at University Park, Berks, Behrend and Altoona campuses, and will continue at the Harrisburg campus after its successful pilot of the new technology in the spring 2026 semester.
Penn State faculty and staff are invited to join colleagues, researchers and leaders from across sectors at the 2026 Penn State Impact Forum, a two-day event focused on building partnerships that advance innovation, workforce development and community impact, to be held Sept. 10 and 11 in Philadelphia.
Penn State Behrend and Berks faculty members and a team from the College of Health and Human Development are the recipients of the inaugural Commonwealth Commitment Awards.
Parents who run with a stroller are significantly less likely to experience overuse injuries than those who run without one, with a 55% lower injury rate per 1,000 miles run, according to a new study from Penn State researchers.
Penn State Berks will welcome approximately 250 first-year students to its residential community as part of the college’s Welcome Weekend program, which will be held from Aug. 20 through Aug. 23. Welcome Weekend is designed to help first-year, transfer and change-of-campus students feel comfortable at Penn State Berks before the fall semester begins.
Through “Shaping AI in Education: A Pennsylvania Listening and Learning Tour,” Penn State faculty, researchers, outreach staff, evaluators and graduate students have convened with K-12 educators and administrators across the commonwealth to share expert insights and spark meaningful conversation about how AI is and could be used in Pennsylvania’s K-12 education landscape.
