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A faculty commemoration committee is looking for Altoona community members who were in Germany during the fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years ago this November.

"Thankful for Now," from Davis's book, "Native Species," was recently featured on the NPR station out of Spokane, Washington.

On September 7, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., Allied Motion Dance Company returns to Penn State Altoona for their first full-length concert in a decade.

A large-scale interdisciplinary effort led by Penn State, called the Global Building Network, is underway to create high-performance buildings, which are buildings capable of achieving net-zero carbon-based energy usage while increasing occupant performance and reducing health risks.

Poetry Daily featured Professor Todd Davis’s new book of poems, "Native Species," and reprinted his poem, “Geodes.”

The tournament was presented by PSECU and was held Friday, June 28, 2019 at Sinking Valley Country Club in Altoona.

Brian Black 's opinion piece, “The Most Important Road Trip In American History” was recently published in the "New York Times."

Carolyn Mahan, professor of biology and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, has been awarded a grant from the nonprofit Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund for the expansion of her study on how plants and animals respond to right-of-way management.

Penn State police officers across Pennsylvania will host events for Penn State employees this summer featuring a variety of refreshments, from free coffee to pizza to ice cream and more.

"Having alumni come back and give perspective of what’s going on in industry is very important," said Kelsey Karpinski, a 2016 security and risk analysis graduate of the Penn State Altoona campus.