Feature Archive - Research

From the days trees stretched from one end of the state to the other, to the rise of awareness of our impact on the environment and the beginnings of Earth Day, Brian Black works to explore and preserve Pennsylvania's environmental history.

Through her research, Linda Govere hopes to help create mutually positive, respectful, meaningful and effective relations and interactions among people with different ethnic, racial, religious, geographic, and social backgrounds.

Johannes Raabe's research in educational sport psychology looks to enhance the relationship between coaches and student-athletes.

Takehiro Iwatsuki, assistant professor of kinesiology, studies whether or not choice influences motor skill performance

Cairsty DePasquale and student research assistant Jordan Wolfkill use zebrafish and a newly constructed swim tunnel to conduct research on exercise and the brain.

Natalie Zetts never intended to come to Penn State Altoona, let alone earn her degree from the college. But time has a funny way of changing attitude and perception.

Professor Carolyn Mahan started out looking for wild chinchillas in Peru—believed to be extinct—and instead found half a dozen species of other rare wild mammals.

A new publication co-authored by Andrew Mack consolidates research work in Papua New Guinea to help future researchers

Mark Bonta researches "firehawks:" Australian birds that may spread fires intentionally in order to make food collection easier.

For Shaheed Nick Mohammed, doing research for his latest book was “like diving into an old movie.”