Faculty and Staff

Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, has won the Midwest Book Award for his poetry collection, "Native Species."

Sarah Allen, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Altoona, will be part of a free virtual discussion with author Helen Phillips at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 1. The pair will discuss the ways that paleobotany shaped the book "The Need," written by Phillips and published in 2019.

Erin Murphy, professor of English, and Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies, have been named winners in the annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.

Chancellor and Dean Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry offers remarks to the Penn State Altoona community regarding the recent tragic death of George Floyd and the events that have ensued across our country.

The annual Student Awards Ceremony — celebrating achievements in scholarship, service, creative activity, student life, athletics, and more — is now available to view online.

Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has published an article written about Carolyn Mahan's newest research grant.

A poem by Erin Murphy, professor of English, has been selected for the Pennsylvania Center for the Book’s Public Poetry Project.

John Eicher, assistant professor of history, has published the book “Exiled Among Nations: German and Mennonite Mythologies in a Transnational Age.”