John Eicher, assistant professor of modern European history at Penn State Altoona, was recently awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities for his work researching the 1918 influenza pandemic in Europe, historically known as the "Spanish flu."
More than 1,000 middle and high school students from across the commonwealth gathered at Penn State Altoona for the 2023 Pennsylvania Science Olympiad held on April 22.
The Craft It, Pitch It, Win It competition was held on April 12, during which finalists presented to a panel of three judges about a business or product and their plans to implement new marketing strategies.
Six different members of the Penn State Altoona men’s tennis team were voted to a total of seven spots on the second team of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s all-conference squad.
The final round of Penn State Altoona’s fourth Women in Engineering Design Competition took place April 15 and 16. This year's theme was "Horseshoe Curve," held in collaboration with the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum. Teams from Penn State's Altoona, Berks and Lehigh Valley campuses placed in the competition.
Deyana Dye, a Penn State Altoona nursing student and member of the college’s Interdisciplinary Social Science Research Lab, was recently accepted to the University’s Improving Access to Research and Training program.
Penn State Altoona right-handed pitcher Madison Peters, of Bellefonte, was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Pitcher of the Week in softball.
“Grounded” is a collaborative performance piece conceived by Kemi Ebigbola, Christian Howard, Grace Files and Lorren McGarvey centered on the subject of home.
The Technical Writing concentration is a four-course option for English majors at Penn State Altoona, giving graduates an added credential that will make them even more competitive in the job market.
Penn State Altoona criminal justice students participated in the “Realities of Police Use of Force” educational training at the Pennsylvania State Police Academy on Thursday, April 13. Twelve students, accompanied by Nathan Kruis, assistant professor of criminal justice, made the trip to Hershey for the training.