John Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona and 2023-24 Bechtel Lecturer at the University of Waterloo's Conrad Grebel University College, delivered the lecture "A Plot-Driven People: Mennonite Narratives in the Age of Nationalism (1870-1945)" on March 22 at the college.
Penn State Altoona cybersecurity student Hans Esteban presented his research project on rogue artificial intelligence at the Pennsylvania Capitol on March 19 as part of the Undergraduate Research at the Capitol Pennsylvania Poster Conference.
Penn State Altoona’s Spotlight on Teaching and Research lecture series continues with a presentation by Professor of Physics Kofi Adu and mathematics student Philip Chamberlin. The pair will present their research, "Estimating Bandgap Energy of Nanoarchitectured Nonconforming Heterostructures for Solar Cell Application," at 12:05 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, in the Fireside Lounge of the Slep Student Center.
Professor Carolyn Mahan worked collaboratively with the Italian Forestry Carabinieri, Re-Wildling Apennines and the U.S. Embassy to Italy to create the international forum "Coexistence Between Humans and Large Carnivores."
Lauren Peng, a second-year student at Penn State Altoona, presented her research at the Academy of International Business U.S. Northeast Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, on Oct. 21.
A new approach to reading a medieval French narrative text suggests that gender identity 600 years ago was just as complex as it is today, according to Brooke Findley, associate professor of French and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Penn State Altoona.
Brian Black, distinguished professor of environmental studies and history at Penn State Altoona, was recently the opening keynote speaker for the World History Association’s international meeting held June 22-24 in Pittsburgh.
Penn State Altoona will host its first International Conference on Empirical Economics on Saturday, Aug. 5, via Zoom. More than 200 people from around the globe will participate, lending to a diversity of perspectives and the exploration of a broad range of issues and viewpoints. There will be four concurrent sessions each in the morning and afternoon during which participants will present their research papers.
Juan Pablo Romero Vásquez, a first-year student pursuing aerospace engineering, will participate in the Multi-Campus Research Experience for Undergraduates at Penn State and the NASA L'SPACE Program.