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Penn State Altoona students Will Lin (right), Kai Watnabe (left), and Shannette Wahor (center)

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Penn State Altoona students Kai Watanabe, Shannette Wahorand and Will Lin, left to right, hold certificates after receiving second-place honors for their social sciences research poster titled "Perceptions of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder," created with lab colleague Marianna Di Balsamo, at the spring 2023 Penn State Behrend Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference.

Penn State Altoona students Makaylah Bangura (right) and Yursa Haroon (left)

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Penn State Altoona students Makaylah Bangura, right, and Yursa Haroon, left, received first-place honors for their social sciences research poster titled "Examining the Effects of Procedural Justice and Utilitarian Assessments of Police on Racial Differences in Legitimacy Assessments,” created with lab colleagues Deyanna Dye, Woodnie Andre and Marianna Di Balsamo, at the spring 2023 Penn State Behrend Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference.

Penn State Altoona undergraduate research students at the 2023 Undergraduate Research Fair at Penn State Behrend

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Penn State Altoona Integrated Social Science Research Lab students attended in attendance at a research fair hosted by Penn State Behrend and co-sponsored by Sigma Xi, a scientific research honor society. Participating students include, from left to right, back row, Lam Vo, Shannette Wahor, Kai Wanatabe, Will Lin, Nicholas Glunt, Lacee Barnhart, Riley Fegley, Makayla McGill, and, front row, Makaylah Bangura, right, and Yursa Haroon.

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Retirement Savings

Join the Altoona LaunchBox supported by the Hite family for the “Self-Employed? How to Save for Retirement!” webinar. The workshop will take place from 12:05 to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, via Zoom.

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Social Media

Join the Altoona LaunchBox supported by the Hite family for the “Small Business? How to Get Started with Social Media!” webinar. The workshop will take place from 12:05 to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9, via Zoom.

Self-Portrait by Cory Korsah

Self-Portrait by Cory Korsah

The spring 2023 issue of Hard Freight, Penn State Altoona's literary arts magazine, is now available online. It showcases undergraduate poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, visual art, audio, and a faculty spotlight featuring the work of Ian Marshall, emeritus professor of English and environmental studies. The cover art for the spring 2023 issue is "Self-Portrait" by Cory Korsah.