RESEARCH
OUTREACH
Research & Outreach
Penn State Behrend is a four-year and graduate college within a land-grant and research university. The college promotes innovative, integrated, and high-quality teaching, research, and outreach in support of the economic, intellectual, and social development of the college community, the tri-state region, and beyond.
Mission and Vision
Vision
Penn State Behrend's research and outreach programs are recognized as the leading resource for enhancing and enriching the region's economic, intellectual, and social quality of life.
Mission
To accelerate the region's economic, intellectual, and social development through:
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continued expansion of the college's research
and creative efforts; -
development and delivery of high-quality
educational programs; -
promotion of cultural and social enrichment;
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a continuum of applied research and technology transfer programs;
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a philosophy of collaboration;
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commitment to environmental stewardship.
Research
Research is promoted and supported among the college's faculty, staff, and students.
All faculty members in the college's four schools: business, engineering and engineering technology, humanities and social sciences, and science, are required to engage in research, creative accomplishment, and scholarly activity.
Undergraduate Research is an important
component of the educational experience and is promoted through
conferencing, travel, recognition, and grant programs. Annually,
the college provides nearly $200,000 in support of undergraduate
research.
Outreach transcends all aspects of college life - from research to teaching to service.
Outreach in research includes intellectual, creative, and problem solving interactions between the college and external constituencies. This includes technology transfer, policy review, creative works in the arts, and other events involving information discovery and/or disseminating the results of the discovery between the college and outside audiences.
Outreach in teaching includes using teaching or demonstration skills in an area of expertise to shape intentionally the potential of individuals or groups outside of the college community. Outreach in education may affect others' intellectual, creative, or problem-solving skills and includes technology transfer, policy review, creative works in the arts, and other events involving information dissemination between the college and outside audiences.
Outreach in service includes service to communities, governments, corporations, professional organizations, learned societies, and other external constituencies. Activities may include task forces, public hearings, professional performances, and other events that are based on the expertise of the faculty member(s) involved.
Read details of faculty research serving business, industry, and the community at large in our news section.
The 2008 Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference was held on April 19, 2008.
The Penn State Behrend 2008 Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowships have been announced.
The Arboretum at Penn State Erie
ETHOS, a resource for faculty development
Center for eBusiness and Advanced Information Technology helps create high-technology jobs