Penn State Berks and Schreyer Honors College alumna Diana Adams has been active doing volunteer work in her community and an inspiration to others for overcoming her own challenges.
Penn State Berks student Matthew Finger recently had an opportunity to pitch his startup idea in front of an international community of like-minded entrepreneurs in STup! 2021.
Cara Exten, an assistant nursing professor and infectious disease epidemiologist, studies the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases in populations over time. She put her nearly 20 years of epidemiology experience to the test by helping the University create and execute a COVID-19 testing and contact tracing initiative.
Eight Penn State police officers are nationally certified as child passenger safety technicians to conduct child safety seat inspections and assist with installations.
Penn State Berks will hold two Spend a Summer Evening tour programs for students and their families. The in-person program and tour will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jul. 15, and virtual tours will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jul. 20.
Penn State DuBois Continuing and Community Education, in partnership with Penn State Berks, will offer an SAT preparatory course for high school students. Two sections of this course are offered at different times, allowing participants to choose the class that best fits their schedule.
Two Penn State Berks professors are on a mission to revitalize the role of the humanities at Penn State Berks. They were recently awarded a “Cornerstone: Learning for Living” grant.
Three Penn State Berks professors have been awarded a grant to assist Penn State faculty who incorporate student writing as part of their inter-domain courses.
When sisters Cory Dahlia Varona Corniel and Nicol Varona Cancelmo were growing up in the Dominican Republic, they were taught that their natural curly hair was considered messy and unprofessional. Now, using the marketing and business acumen they gained at Penn State Berks, they've launched a company that aims to empower women.
The Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) has awarded seed grants to 22 groups of interdisciplinary researchers for the 2020-21 award cycle. This year, seed grants were awarded to proposals focusing on at least one of IEE’s five strategic research themes — Climate and Ecosystem Change, Health and the Environment, Integrated Energy Systems, Urban Systems, and Water and Biogeochemical Cycles.
