Hai Huang, associate professor of civil engineering, was invited to give a keynote lecture at the fifth annual International Conference on Road and Rail Infrastructure.
The Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize in the Humanities and Fine Arts was established by the University of Iowa to recognize excellence in doctoral research.
The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference kicked off its celebration of national NCAA Division III Week on April 2 by releasing its 2017-18 All-Sportsmanship Team for winter sports.
Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Off the Rails: Glow On music and arts festival will take place April 22 at the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona. Penn State Altoona student band The Roof will kick off the event at 6:30 p.m., followed by rock band New Politics at 8 p.m. and rapper Waka Flocka Flame at 9:30 p.m.
Winner of the Oregon Book Award, Wilkins is the author of a memoir, "The Mountain and the Fathers," as well as of three books of poetry, "When We Were Birds," "Notes from the Journey Westward," and "Killing the Murnion Dogs."
Heather Myers, a 2016 Penn State Altoona English alumna, has won an award from the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Intro Journals Project.