Penn State is moving toward a University-wide health insurance requirement for the 2018-19 academic school year. In preparation for the new requirement, University Health Services (UHS) will begin collecting student health insurance information in May 2017.
Brian Black's essay “Driving Change: The Winding Road to Greener Automobiles” was recently published in "Green Capitalism: Business and Environment in the Twentieth Century."
Penn State Altoona baseball’s freshman shortstop Hunter Breon was selected the AMCC Newcomer of the Year, and two Lions were voted to the AMCC All-Conference Team.
With the support of a $45,000 NSF grant, Mark W. Johnson has been able to co-organize a week-long international conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne.
Penn State Altoona faculty and staff members were honored for their service and exemplary work during the annual Faculty and Staff Awards ceremony held May 4 on campus.
For the second year in a row the Earth Day Birding Classic was held at Penn State Altoona as teams competed to identify by sight or sound as many species of birds as possible in 24 hours in Blair and nearby counties. Funds from the first classic were split between two local projects.