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Communication Lab

Aspiring news anchors and radio hosts can hone their craft using the latest media equipment in Penn State Behrend’s communication lab. Located on the first floor of Kochel Center, the lab features a radio station and control room, a television studio, and a computer classroom, used by students in broadcast journalism, production, and design courses. The lab also includes editing suites for video pre- and post-production and a check-out area that gives students access to digital video and audio recording equipment, lights, microphones, and laptop computers needed for mobile postproduction editing.

The PSB-TV set includes a professional broadcast news desk and backdrop donated by Erie CBS affiliate WSEE, as well as a chromakey infinity wall. The three-sided set has no corners or edges and is painted chromakey green, making it possible to digitally layer graphics, backgrounds, or virtual images behind the on-air talent.

The radio studio is outfitted with the latest equipment, including Audioarts D-75 and AIR-3 digital consoles, Sound Forge Pro 10 digital multi-track recording, Tascam CD players, and the ENCO hard-drive-based automation system, the preferred music scheduling software of major radio and television stations, including CNN, ESPN, and NBC.

The new media classroom features twenty-six workstations with full access to Adobe Creative Suite software for video, audio, and graphic design, and Web-based media development.

 

 

Psych Lab

 

 

 

Psychology Lab

The Psychology program maintains an eleven-room laboratory in Turnbull Hall for faculty and student teaching and research. The lab is equipped with computers geared toward conducting research, computer software to aid in data collection, and research equipment including a 64-channel ERP system for the collection of brain waves.

The lab is staffed by psychology students who conduct independent research or work study. Lab attendants are responsible for assisting students and maintaining the lab, and are available for assistance weekdays from 10 a.m.-7 p.m.