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Jared Frederick, instructor in history, co-authored the book "Hang Tough: The WWII Letters and Artifacts of Major Dick Winters."

The final round of the Women in Engineering Design Competition took place virtually on Oct. 31.

The fall 2020 issue of "Hard Freight" includes short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art by Penn State Altoona students.

Alicia Williams received a scholarship from WISE (Women Involved in Scholarship and Empowerment) Women of Blair County for the fall 2020 semester.

Penn State has released updated COVID-19 dashboard results for the week of Nov. 27 to Dec. 3. The dashboard will continue to be updated on Tuesdays and Fridays through the end of the fall semester with the latest student and employee testing numbers for each campus.

Penn State has released updated COVID-19 dashboard results for the week of Nov. 20 to 26 and weekend testing results from Nov. 27 to 29.

Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, has been nominated by two different literary magazines for the Pushcart Prize this year.

Penn State Altoona will offer a virtual artist lecture with three students from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8.

Kristina Peachman will present a virtual lunch discussion on Tuesday, Dec. 8 as part of the Catalyst Speaker Series, featuring science professionals of various backgrounds from around the world.

Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from tests administered during the period of Nov. 20 to 22, as well as new University testing results from the prior week. As of Nov. 23 at University Park, there are 348 active student cases, up from 318 at the last update on Nov. 20, and 4,462 students have completed their isolation period and are no longer active cases.