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Exercise is Medicine Week to feature Center for Fitness and Wellness re-opening

9/25/17

Exercise is Medicine Week 2017, set for Oct. 9-13, will include the opening of the Center for Fitness and Wellness' new space in the IM Building, as well as campus-wide events and activities focused on fitness, health and wellness.

Penn State Altoona athletics round-up Sept. 15-21

9/25/17

Penn State Altoona offers scores and results of varsity athletics from Sept. 15-21.

New biomaterial could replace plastic laminates, greatly reduce pollution

9/20/17

An inexpensive biomaterial that can be used to sustainably replace plastic barrier coatings in packaging and many other applications has been developed by Penn State researchers, who predict its adoption would greatly reduce pollution.

Employees benefiting from University's partnership with Quest Diagnostics

9/18/17

Penn State's partnership with Quest Diagnostics provides University medical plan members and their covered dependents the opportunity to save money when they choose to have nonurgent laboratory testing completed at one of the 225 Quest Diagnostics facilities across the Commonwealth.

Penn State Altoona athletics round-up Sept. 8-14

9/15/17

Penn State Altoona offers scores and results from varsity athletics, Sept. 8-14.

Music of Vietnam-era radio program to air on WPSU

9/13/17

Jerry Zolten, associate professor of communication arts and sciences and integrative arts at Penn State Altoona, and Academy Award–nominated film producer Frank Christopher collaborated on "Time to Lay It Down: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War," a two-part radio program that will air on WPSU at noon on Sept. 16.

Penn State Altoona athletics round-up Sept. 1-7

9/8/17

Penn State Altoona offers varsity sports scores and results from Sept. 1-7.

Canal Jam 2017 to feature music, story-telling, and history

9/7/17

Canal Jam 2017 will be held Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site.

Rail Transportation Engineering Tracks Photo

Penn State Altoona offers nation's only ABET-accredited RTE program

9/7/17

Altoona's Rail Transportation Engineering program has been sanctioned by ABET, making it the first and only accredited RTE program in the nation.

14 Penn Staters honored with Alumni Fellow Award

9/6/17

The Penn State Alumni Association will recognize 14 graduates on Oct. 4 with the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Alumni Association.

Student builds custom shoe business layer by thermoplastic layer

9/5/17

Using state-of-the-art technology, former Penn State Altoona student Nick Unis is turning his dream of creating and selling custom-made footwear into a reality.

Penn State’s NSF I-Corps program seeks applications by Sept. 15 and Oct. 15

9/1/17

The National Science Foundation has joined in supporting Penn State’s goal of taking more of its discoveries to market by awarding Penn State a five-year, $500,000 Innovation Corps (I-Corps) grant to establish the Invent Penn State I-Corps Site in collaboration with Ben Franklin Technology Partner’s TechCelerator, Happy Valley LaunchBox, and Invent Penn State’s Innovation Hubs.

NSF awards Penn State $500,000 for research commercialization efforts

8/31/17

Penn State faculty participants in Invent Penn State I-Corps Site training programs become eligible for national I-Corps program with awards of up to $50,000.

Andrew Muirhead presents his talk to faculty and staff

Penn State faculty network and learn at annual entrepreneurship retreat

8/28/17

Faculty and staff from across Penn State came together Aug. 15-16 at University Park in support of entrepreneurship teaching and learning at the fifth annual ENTI Summer Gathering. ENTI, launched is 2013, is Penn State’s Intercollege Minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Altoona professor leads group in maintaining the right-of-way in the right way

8/17/17

A group of faculty, students, energy providers, and vegetation-management companies are looking at how to best maintain right-of-ways under utilities to protect those utilities and promote wildlife at the same time.

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