The eco-weird, an emerging genre pioneered by Penn State philosopher Brian Onishi, focuses on the strange feelings familiar places in nature can cause. In this Q&A, Onishi discussed the concept, which is detailed in his recently published book on the topic.
Penn State University Libraries presented the 2025 Undergraduate Research Awards: Excellence in Information Literacy honors to 104 students at 20 undergraduate Penn State campuses this spring.
John Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona, published an article on the 1918 influenza pandemic in the journal Contemporary European History. The article concludes that the average Europeans who endured the 1918 influenza pandemic had no idea it was a pandemic in real time.
Members of Penn State Altoona’s Integrated Social Science Research Lab enjoyed success at the annual Penn State Behrend-Sigma Xi Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference held in Erie on Saturday, April 26.
Penn State Altoona’s Integrated Social Science Research Lab swept the undergraduate research poster competition at the 2025 Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice Educators conference. The conference was held April 4-5 at DeSales University in Center Valley.
The fair allows students to present the culmination of their work from a traditional research/creative activities experience, an internship or a course-based undergraduate research experience.
Brian Black, distinguished professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, recently had his article “Waking Up Three Mile Island to Give Nuclear Power a New Twist” published in the online journal “National Interest.”
Brian Black, distinguished professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, will offer a lecture at the Pennsylvania Military Museum’s "History After Hours" speaker series on April 10.
Brian Onishi, associate professor of philosophy at Penn State Altoona, has published a new book. “The Call of the Eco-Weird in Fiction, Film, and Games” is the first volume to identify the eco-weird as an umbrella term for the intersection of environmental thought and weird fiction.
Harriett Gaston will present “Bedford, Blair, and Centre County African American Historians: The 19th Century to the 21st Century” at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, in the Pond View Lounge of the Slep Student Center.
