Mont Alto's annual Academic Festival is an opportunity for students to share their academic work with the campus community, Penn State families, and the public.

This exciting event features projects and research developed by students throughout the 2023-24 academic year. 

The 2024 Academic Festival features the work of 149 students on 76 projects, including:

  • 52 research projects
  • 17 informational exhibits
  • 4 oral presentations
  • 3 performances

Download the PDF of the 2024 Penn State Mont Alto Academic Festival program.

 

Photos from the 2023 Academic Festival 

Students stand around a display at the Academic Festival

Students stand around a display at the Academic Festival.

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A student wears a virtual reality headset while another student looks on.

A student wears a virtual reality headset while another student looks on as part of the Mont Alto Virtual Tour project.

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A student holds a paper while setting up his table while students behind him test our their project.

Students prepare and set up for the Academic Festival.

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Judges lean over a table as they learn requirements of the festival.

Judges lean over a table as they prepare for the different projects.

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A student talks to others in front of a tri-fold board that reads "The Impact of Poverty on Infant Brain Development"

A student shares her research about The Impact of Poverty on Infant Brain Development.

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People sit in an auditorium with a powerpoint slide that reads "2023 Academic Festival"

Students, faculty and staff gather in the General Studies Auditorium to hear the winners of the 2023 Academic Festival.

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