Feature Archive - Academics

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.

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

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

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.

"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.

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.

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.

Students spent three days on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay learning how to preserve the national landmark.

Students in the Battle of Gettysburg in History Memory course took to the battlefields, becoming tour guides for their classmates.

Robin Reese’s Theatre in Diverse Cultures class challenges students to redefine what "theatre" means to them.