The final Penn State Berks LionSide Chat for 2020 will feature an interview with Chancellor R. Keith Hillkirk, who is retiring at the end of the year after 15 years with Penn State.
Penn State Berks hospitality management students recently created an innovative restaurant concept for the restaurant at Berkshire Country Club as part of the Advanced Food Production and Service Management course.
In order to bring new and existing groups together in a pandemic world and fulfill the need of professionals to connect with one another, the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence recently awarded 19 grants through a new program called The Garden Project: Cultivating Communities of Practice.
Azar Eslam-Panah, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, recently tested the effectiveness of face masks in the college’s Fluid Discovery Lab, the only such lab in the Penn State system.
Penn State’s Teaching and Learning with Technology has welcomed eight instructors as members of the newest Faculty Fellows cohort. This year's cohort features projects focused on student engagement.
Penn State Berks is working to enhance the cultural competency of its campus community. A college-wide program to increase cultural competency among faculty, staff and students included a recent study of student-teachers.
The Penn State community is invited to virtually attend the Nittany AI Challenge Celebration, where nine student teams will present their minimum viable product for a chance to share in the remaining pool of $25,000 in funding. Saqib Shaikh, software engineering manager and project lead for the Seeing AI project at Microsoft, will be the keynote speaker. The event will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 25 via Zoom.
