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Some schools are requiring COVID-19 vaccinations, while others are strongly encouraging them.

Last month, sustainability champions from all 24 of the Penn State campuses gathered by Zoom for the fourth Commonwealth Campus Sustainability Forums, an annual event hosted by the Sustainability Institute to bring campuses together to collaborate and to network on sustainability initiatives.

Truck-Lite to move headquarters, 90 jobs to Penn State Behrends Knowledge Park Penn State Behrends open lab concept  — which provides business tenants with access to students, graduates faculty members and facilities — has helped Behrends Knowledge Park land a new tenant with 90 employees. Truck-Lite Co., which identifies itself as a worldwide leader in commercial lighting systems for vehicles, plans to move its headquarters from Falconer, New York, to the business park in Harborcreek To...

AP This is the sign on over the main entrance to Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. High school seniors on their way out of Erie County schools stand at a unique crossroads this month. Like the class that came before them, they’ve had to contend with an unusual school year packed with virtual learning and peppered with social isolation. But unlike that class, their final days of school are happening as pandemic restrictions are lifting. That reality played out when...

Image: Penn State Behrend May 11, 2021 Penn State Behrend’s athletics teams have resumed intercollegiate and exhibition play, with increased COVID-19 testing of student-athletes and restrictions on attendance at all home events. The college’s teams are abiding by all NCAA guidelines regarding the safe conduct of sports during the pandemic. Penn State Behrend pitcher Thomas Zbezinski, a junior from Gibsonia, threw his first collegiate no-hitter — the first at Behrend since 2013 ...

Image: Penn State Behrend May 11, 2021 Penn State Behrend awarded 669 undergraduate and graduate degrees at two outdoor ceremonies on Saturday, May 8. The ceremonies were held at the Behrend soccer stadium, with COVID safety protocols in place for the duration of each program. The graduates also were honored during Penn State’s virtual commencement program. A recording of that program can be viewed at https://virtual.commencement.psu.edu/. At Behrend, in chairs spaced six feet apar...

Penn State Behrend’s spring theatre production will be outdoors and socially distanced. Performances began April 22. Art imitates life, right? Penn State Behrend’s fall theatre production, like much of the country at that time, was locked down: The cast gathered on Zoom, performing from individual rooms in the college’s Perry Hall. “They made the most of it,” said Emily Cassano, assistant teaching professor of music, theatre and visual arts, “but they never had an opportunity to ful...

Image: Penn State Behrend April 22, 2021 ERIE, Pa. — Art imitates life, right? Penn State Behrend’s fall theater production, like much of the country at that time, was locked down: The cast gathered on Zoom, performing from individual rooms in the college’s Perry Hall. “They made the most of it,” said Emily Cassano, assistant teaching professor of music, theater and visual arts, “but they never had an opportunity to fully bond as a group. They were always in different roo...

April 13, 2021 When faculty members in the School of Science at Penn State Behrend had to re-imagine their courses for the remote-learning COVID environment, they did what scientists do: They experimented until they got it right. “It’s been hard for students and faculty members alike,” said Lynne Beaty, assistant professor of biology, “but I think the pandemic has pushed faculty members to be more creative in how we present information.” She found a solution on her phone – which...

Image: Contributed photo April 5, 2021 Jeremy O’Mard, a 2013 Penn State Behrend graduate, will be honored as one of 16 Penn State Alumni Achievement Award recipients in a virtual ceremony on April 13. The 7 p.m. program is open to the public, but registration is required. The Alumni Achievement Award recognizes alumni 35 years of age and younger for their extraordinary professional accomplishments. About 100 alumni – eight of them graduates from Penn State Behrend – have been h...