Research

Book cover: The Call of the Eco-Weird in Fiction, Films, and Games. Edited by Brian Hisao Onishi and Nathan M. Bell

Penn State Altoona professor publishes book on eco-weird

Brian Onishi, associate professor of philosophy at Penn State Altoona, has published a new book. “The Call of the Eco-Weird in Fiction, Film, and Games” is the first volume to identify the eco-weird as an umbrella term for the intersection of environmental thought and weird fiction.
Two people stand in a field

Penn State, Shell collaboration funds environmental research project

A collaboration between Penn State and Shell USA Inc. is supporting efforts across the University’s mission of research, education and community impact. An initial commitment from Shell of more than $1 million is funding initiatives focused on energy transition, decarbonization, polymer recycling and biodiversity.
Rail Transportation Engineering students and faculty pose with a Penn State-branded locomotive

$6.87M grant to fund railroad research center at Penn State

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.