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An Ivyside Dance Ensemble member dancing at a fall 2023 performance

Ivyside Dance Ensemble Dancer

Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Dance Ensemble will take the stage for the spring performance, “Skyline,” on Thursday and Friday, April 11 and 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Center for Performing Arts. Pieces by dance faculty KT Huckabee and Jessica Jaye Mackinson will be performed.

a blue paper sailboat leading other white paper sailboats

Sailboat Leader

Join the Altoona LaunchBox supported by the Hite family for the “Leading Yourself Well: Understanding Yourself So Others Will Follow You” webinar. The workshop will take place from 12:05 to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, via Zoom.

a blue paper sailboat leading other white paper sailboats

Sailboat Leader

Join the Altoona LaunchBox supported by the Hite family for the “Leading Yourself Well: Understanding Yourself So Others Will Follow You” webinar. The workshop will take place from 12:05 to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, via Zoom.

Debbie Loop, Liz Gatchell and Vicki Kellog

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Debbie Loop, assistant teaching professor of nursing at Penn State Behrend, Elizabeth Gatchell, assistant teaching professor of nursing at Penn State Altoona, and Victoria Kellog, assistant teaching professor of nursing at Penn State Altoona.

Debbie Loop, Liz Gatchell and Vicki Kellog

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Debbie Loop, assistant teaching professor of nursing at Penn State Behrend; Elizabeth Gatchell, assistant teaching professor of nursing at Penn State Altoona; and Victoria Kellog, assistant teaching professor of nursing at Penn State Altoona; partnered with colleagues and presented at a symposium at the Smeal College of Business. 

Hans Esteban

Hans Esteban

Penn State Altoona cybersecurity student Hans Esteban presented his research project on rogue artificial intelligence at the Pennsylvania Capitol on March 19 as part of the Undergraduate Research at the Capitol Pennsylvania Poster Conference. In his research, Esteban’s found that the ChatGPT AI system can create ransomware to infect Windows computers and encrypt user data files. 

Hans Esteban

Hans Esteban

Penn State Altoona cybersecurity student Hans Esteban presented his research project on rogue artificial intelligence at the Pennsylvania Capitol on March 19 as part of the Undergraduate Research at the Capitol Pennsylvania Poster Conference. In his research, Esteban’s found that the ChatGPT AI system can create ransomware to infect Windows computers and encrypt user data files. 

A logo for the Alpha Alpha Alpha honor society

Tri-Alpha Logo

About 40 students, faculty and staff will be among the first inductees during the first induction ceremony into the college’s new Theta Chi Chapter of Alpha Alpha Alpha, the national honor society for first-generation college students at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in the Slep Student Center.