Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, had his poem, "Freeze and Thaw," nominated for a Pushcart Prize by the literary journal Chautauqua. His latest book, “Ditch Memory: New & Selected Poems,” and his poem, "Goat Dream," were featured by Verse Daily.
The funding will establish the Rail Center for Research Enhancing Short-line Transportation (Rail CREST), an initiative aimed at developing and deploying affordable technologies to improve the safety, efficiency, reliability and sustainability of short line and regional railroads. Two Penn State Altoona faculty members will lead the national project.
Brian Black’s newest book, “Ike’s Road Trip: How Eisenhower’s 1919 Convoy Paved the Way for the Roads We Travel,” has received a full review by Mark Yost for the Wall Street Journal.
Penn State University Libraries will observe Veterans Day with a talk by a local World War II veteran and the Penn State faculty member who co-authored his memoir. Jared Frederick, assistant teaching professor of history at Penn State Altoona, and John Homan, co-authors of “Into the Cold Blue: My World War II Journeys with the Mighty Eighth Air Force,” will speak about Homan’s experiences in the war at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 in Foster Auditorium on the first floor of Paterno Library. A virtual attendance option is also available.
Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, will be a featured poet at the Dodge Poetry Festival in Newark, New Jersey, Oct. 17-19.
Erin Murphy, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, has three original works published in a new anthology of contemporary literature for young adults.
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, is an invited featured poet at the University of Bayreuth’s VAD2024 Refigurations in African and African Studies Conference in Germany.
Penn State Laureate Michele Dunleavy, professor of dance at the University Park campus, will visit Penn State Altoona, Beaver, Shenango and Behrend the week of Sept. 16 for class visits, performances and workshops. It will be the first leg of her tour across the commonwealth during the 2024–25 academic year.
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, has been invited as a featured poet at the 2024 Furious Flower Poetry Conference, to be held at James Madison University from Sept. 18 to 21.
Brian Black, distinguished professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, recently served as chair and commentator for two sessions at the World Congress of Environmental History meeting in Oulu, Finland.
