As part of its sustainability initiatives, Penn State Berks will hold an on-site document shredder on campus for faculty and staff from 9 a.m. to 9:15 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, in the Franco Building parking lot.
Successful entrepreneurs create products and services that solve problems and challenges. Penn State Berks student Eric Schraud is one of those entrepreneurs. With the help of the Berks LaunchBox, Schraud has launched a startup focused on making green fuel using renewable energy instead of fossil fuels.
As part of its sustainability initiatives, Penn State Berks had an on-site document shredder on campus for faculty and staff from 9 a.m. to 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17, in the Franco Building parking lot.
Seven Penn State faculty teams have received seed grants for biodiversity research as part of the 2021 “Mainstreaming Biodiversity in a Decade of Action” symposium, developed by Christina Grozinger, Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology and director of the Center for Pollinator Research, in collaboration with Penn State’s Sustainability Institute.
On May 15 and 19, the Sustainability Institute held its yearly Commonwealth Campus Sustainability Forums virtually, co-hosted by Penn State Berks for the eastern campuses and Penn State New Kensington for the western region.
Ten student teams will be funded to use AI for Good to build and submit a minimum viable product in the Nittany AI Challenge for a chance to compete for a portion of a $25,000 prize pool. Students were invited to submit their ideas to improve the world by providing solutions for problems within the areas of education, health, humanitarian challenges, sustainability and climate change.
For Coasty, reducing pollution in the earth's waterways is a priority. Founded in 2018 by partners Shanna Henry and Petros Pappalas, the company is committed to providing high quality alternatives to single-use plastic straws with their biodegradable paper straws.
The Penn State Berks Sustainability Team, led by Mahsa Kazempour, associate professor of science education, will host a sustainability fair and film screening in November.
A fisherman's curiosity led to identification of the correlation between microbial communities in recreational freshwater locales and seasonal environmental changes, according to a team of researchers from Penn State.
