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 Penn State Berks Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society has partnered with the Lehigh Valley Section of the American Chemical Society to offer a virtual after-school chemistry enrichment program for middle and high school students via Zoom.
The Story Powered Initiative is a newly relaunched, nationally focused initiative that addresses stigma and discrimination through sharing individual stories surrounding the opioid epidemic, founded and led by assistant professor of criminal justice and Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse-affiliated faculty member Glenn Sterner.
Verde Mantis, a coworking company that emerged from the Penn State Berks LaunchBox, is partnering with TheGeekGrid Studios to bring a Fallout 76 life-size suit of armor to life in preparation for the upcoming PA S.T.E.A.M. Fest on Aug. 21-22.
Two years after the Berks LaunchBox opened its doors within the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in downtown Reading in January 2019, it is clear that entrepreneurship and innovation have sparked positivity and harnessed energy within the Greater Reading community.
Berks Benefitting THON, a Penn State Berks student organization, will host its fourth annual "Inspire the Night" benefit dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 15.
The coronavirus pandemic has made it difficult for first-year students to make connections and form friendships. Berks is working to remedy that with a new program, titled Speed Friending.
