This fall, the Penn State Berks Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies degree program has undergone some changes to make the degree more competitive in the increasingly global world in which we live today.
This fall, two Penn State Berks professors traveled nearly 4,500 miles to the University of Split in Croatia and they could not believe how much things had changed in the one year since they had last been there.
Hannah Fassbender, teaching assistant and part-time employee in Thun Library, has been named the Pennsylvania Communication Association (PCA) “Voices of Tomorrow College Communicator of the Year.”
E. Michele Ramsey will deliver the keynote address at a conference celebrating the arts, humanities, and social sciences for students and faculty across the 14 universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE).
David L. Sanford, associate professor of ornamental horticulture at Penn State Berks, was recognized with the National Perennial Plant Association's Outstanding Service Award on July 30, at their annual symposium held in Chicago, Illinois.
Gabriela “Gabby” Gonzalez Magana is a Penn State senior majoring in computer engineering with a concentration in robotics. She emigrated to the United States from Mexico in 2011 at the age of 13. “Now, I am making plans to graduate with a B.S. in computer engineering from Penn State in December 2020 and want to earn a Ph.D. and work in industry," Magana said.
A comprehensive new scholarship program for academically outstanding Penn State Berks undergraduates, the Cohen-Hammel Fellows Program is designed to prepare students to become engaged and ethical leaders in the 21st century.
The Resilient Resumes team took third place in the Nittany AI Challenge, held at Penn State University Park campus on September 10, 2019. The team received $5,000 from Nittany AI Alliance for their web application designed to walk the user through the resume creation process.
Three Penn State researchers — Rachel Brennan, in the College of Engineering, and Mike Jacobson and Brian Thiede, in the College of Agricultural Sciences — recently received $250,000 in University Strategic Plan seed funding to address global Water-Energy-Food challenges.
Penn State Berks alumnus Joe Sinclair just launched his third business — Verde Mantis, LLC, the first local company focused on bringing 3D printing or additive manufacturing to the masses with its latest product, the 3D Mantis Printer.