Feature Archive

Academics Features

Finding the Key—and the Gate

Ayodeji Odetola and Devon Reed step up to the challenge of artificial intelligence drone racing.

Penn State Altoona students Michael Kozik and John Yohn experiment with the Positive Train Control Prime Simulator from PS Technology.

A New Generation of Railroaders

In its eighth year, Penn State Altoona’s bachelor of science degree program in Rail Transportation Engineering remains the only one of its kind in the country.

The Second Time Around

Penn State Altoona’s accelerated nursing program puts students on a fast track to a new career.

Students look at a presentation at the Student Expo

Highlighting Student Successes and Opportunities

The inaugural Student Expo highlights student research, creative activies, study away programs, and more.

Guest speaker Brian Kinney from The Barn at Lemont

In the HIST 111: American Food System: History, Technology, and Culture course Julie Rockwell introduces students to regional foods across the United States, exploring where food originates, why certain foods appear in certain places, how food is processed, and why it ends up on our plates.

A Study in Place

"Reading Shaver’s Creek," edited by Ian Marshall, provides the perfect introduction to Shaver’s Creek, part of Penn State’s 7,000-acre Stone Valley Experimental Forest.

A Distant Pair of Wings

Thanks to some faculty and students, art and science came together to raise awareness of the monarch’s plight and start an effort to help the butterflies migrate.

The Sky's the Limit

As part of their senior capstone project, three engineering students collect atmospheric data by creating a functioning weather balloon as part of Lockheed Martin's Project Blue Horizon.