Penelope Morrison, assistant professor of biobehavioral health at Penn State New Kensington, is the new Biobehavioral Health program’s first faculty member.
Joie Marhefka, coordinator of the Biomedical Engineering Technology program, activates the new Sim Cube, a compact, portable device that allows students to simulate and test medical devices, such as blood pressure monitors. Marhefka purchased the device for the BET lab with a programming grant from Penn State.
Mike Cavazza, left, accepts the first-place award for his research paper on hydraulic fracturing at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Eastern North America Region competition at Louisiana State University. Cavazza advanced to the international final in Dubai.
Mike Cavazza, right, Penn State alumnus and former New Kensington campus student, and Rich Beam, a geologist with the Department of Environmental Protection, sample acid mine drainage in Tanoma, Pennsylvania.
Alumni and friends will be decked out in their blue and white for this year's Penn State TV Football Tailgate Party at the Elks Lodge in Tarentum. The date and time of the Nittany Lions away game will be announced soon.
