Academics

Thanks to a series of connections made possible by the Penn State Berks Langan LaunchBox, computer engineering major Gabriela Gonzalez-Magana completed a summer internship with PeopleJoy.

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.

This year, the Penn State Berks Alternative Spring Break program took a group of six students, along with a staff adviser, to San Juan, Puerto Rico where they spent a week working on a mangrove reforestation project.

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

The college will hold a variety of special events throughout the year for students, faculty, staff, and community members.

Penn State Berks students turned Opportunity House, the Reading emergency shelter, into a five-star restaurant for its clients on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017.

Thomas Jay Lynn, associate professor of English at Penn State Berks, has published his first book — “Chinua Achebe and The Politics of Narration: Envisioning Language”