Academics

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Interdisciplinary projects awarded seed grants from IEE

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.
Pictured left to right are RACC President Susan Looney, BCTC Executive Director James Kraft, Penn State Berks Chancellor George Grant, Jr. and RMCTC Executive Director Eric Kahler.

Penn State Berks sign Engineering Pathway Agreements

Penn State Berks, along with its valued partners, Reading Area Community College, Berks County Career and Technology Center and Reading Muhlenberg Career Technology Center have signed articulation agreements that result in a 2+2+2 engineering pathway.
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University Libraries Research Awards honor 100 students from 19 campuses

Penn State University Libraries presented its fourth annual Undergraduate Research Award honors to 100 students at nearly all undergraduate Penn State campuses, including 96 current undergraduate students and recent graduates, four graduate students, two additional College of Medicine students and two collaborating faculty members.
Senior Spotlight: Sophia Monteiro

Senior Spotlight: Sophia Monteiro

Sophia Monteiro didn’t expect to attend Penn State at all, much less to complete two degrees. After completing an associate's degree at Schuylkill campus her academic journey brought her to Berks, where she will graduate with a degree in elementary and early childhood education on May 8.
David Rumph Jr

Senior Spotlight: David Rumph Jr.

When David Rumph Jr. was exploring possibilities for his future, he searched up and down the East Coast for a campus that felt like a good fit. However, a fall semester visit to Penn State Berks and the realization that the campus offered a Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program won him over.