Latest EIC podcast on prevention and partnerships
The Evidence-to-Impact Podcast's latest episode focuses on prevention and partnerships and features a discussion about a long-standing collaborative relationship between Penn State and Pennsylvania government and their prevention and intervention work targeting youth and families. The episode…
Penn State research team receives NIH grant to study HIV treatment messaging
An interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers have received a $442,750 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to support a multi-faceted, three-part study that observes how gay and bisexual men search and find HIV prevention information — specifically information about pre-…
College of Education faculty, staff and students celebrated at awards ceremony
SSRI cofunded faculty member Brandy Henry and PRI associate Erica Frankenberg were among the award winners at the Penn State College of Education's s annual spring awards ceremony on April 20.
Cotterill Leadership Enhancement Award
The Cotterill Leadership Enhancement Award was created through an…
Font featured in "The Lost Debate" podcast
SSRI cofund Sarah Font, associate professor of sociology and public policy, is interviewed on the podcast special episode "Invisible Kids: America’s Journey From Orphanages To Foster Care" about programs that are meant to care for the country’s most vulnerable children: the child-welfare…
Penn State researchers support social science advocacy day
Penn State researchers recently participated in Social Science Advocacy Day, held in Washington, D.C., by the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA).
The event brought together social and behavioral scientists from across the country to meet with members of Congress and their staff to…
Joint projects in arts, humanities, social & behavioral sciences announced
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) is pleased to announce the program awardees for joint projects in arts, humanities, and social and behavioral sciences. Co-sponsored by SSRI, the College of the Liberal Arts, and the College of Arts and Architecture…
EMS honors faculty and student excellence at annual awards celebration
SSRI cofund Louisa Holmes, assistant professor of geography, was recently awarded a Gladys Snyder Junior Faculty Grant for her proposal, “Spatial and contextual variations in opioid use and co-use across Pennsylvania in the wake of COVID-19.”
The award is given out by Penn State's College…
PAA’s annual meeting features strong Penn State presence
Researchers from Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) and Population Research Institute (PRI) participated in the Population Association of America’s (PAA) Annual Meeting, which took place recently in New Orleans.
This year’s meeting featured several Penn State presenters from a…
New study will partner with Latino families to co-design math educational tools
The Spanish-speaking population has grown by 24 percent in the United States since 2000, representing one-third of all children ages 8 and under. A new Penn State project will work directly with Latino families to develop new resources to help foster learning of mathematics in the home that are…
It’s not just the shy kids who get nervous in front a crowd, study shows
SSRI cofund and Associate Director Koraly Pérez-Edgar was quoted in this CNN article.
Is shy something you feel or something you are? According to a new study, it could be either.
Whether shyness is part of your child’s personality or just something they feel when they are in front of a group…
31st Annual National Symposium on Family Issues
The 31st Annual National Symposium on Family Issues on Immigration Policy and Immigrant Families will be held Oct. 23–24 in the HUB-Robeson Center, room 233B, University Park, in person and virtually.
The symposium will bring together an exceptional panel of scholars whose research is devoted…
Santos receives "We Are!" recognition
Several Penn State community members recently received a "We Are!" recognition for having gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Included in this week's selection is SSRI cofund Alexis Santos, assistant professor of human development and family studies,…
Centre officials hear about Justice Education
This recent news story about a proclamation supporting Penn State's Restorative Justice Initiative's Justice Education Week in Centre County, Pa. features SSRI co-fund Brandy Henry.
During this week’s Centre County Board of Commissioners meeting, the commissioners proclaimed April 14-21 as…
Environmental impacts on families book published
"Environmental Impact on Families", the book based on Penn State’s 2021 Family Symposium, has been published and is now available.
The book is the 13th volume in Penn State’s Nation Symposium on Family Issues series published by Springer. It is edited by Penn State SSRI and PRI faculty…
Climate Solutions Symposium to take place at Penn State on May 22 and 23
Penn State will host the Climate Solutions Symposium on May 22 and 23 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. The two-day event will feature plenaries, panel discussions, breakout sessions, an arts and communication session and a poster session, all focused on developing and…
Zgierska elected as Vice President to American Society of Addiction Medicine
Aleksandra Zgierska, MD, PhD, DFASAM, Jeanne L. and Thomas L. Leaman, MD, Endowed Professor and Vice Chair for Research at the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Penn State Hershey and Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction advisory board member, was recently elected as Vice…
Brothers receives Sociological Practice and Public Sociology Outstanding Publication Award
Sarah Brothers, assistant professor of sociology and public policy and SSRI co-funded faculty member through the Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction, was recently awarded the Sociological Practice and Public Sociology (SPPS) Outstanding Publication Award for The Methadone Manifesto: Treatment…
Penn State participates in Child Abuse Prevention Month event at state capital
Child abuse is a public health issue, with child protective services responding to almost four million allegations of child maltreatment across the country each year. To draw attention to the issue, April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and in Pennsylvania, the recently held Child Abuse…
Expertise, data resources build CTSI informatics core’s infrastructure
One challenge researchers face is in accessing and analyzing big data, modern artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) methodologies to answer important clinical research questions necessary for larger studies. Up until recently, large sets of data from biomedical and health research…
Seed grants to foster research collaborations with Minority Serving Institutions
Penn State’s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences has initiated a new grant program to seed collaborative, interdisciplinary projects that would bring together researchers from Penn State and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).
The Penn State Inter-Institutional Partnerships for…
Women less likely to seek substance use treatment due to stigma, logistics
Fewer than 11% of women with a substance use disorder (SUD) received treatment in 2019 according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. New research from Penn State examined the barriers that women with SUDs reported that prevented them from seeking treatment. The…
Five Penn State faculty members receive 2023 Faculty Scholar Medals
They are Maciej Boni, associate professor of biology in the Eberly College of Science; Steve Broadnax, associate professor of theatre and co-head of the master of fine arts in directing program in the College of Arts and Architecture; Sy-Miin Chow, professor of human development and family studies…
Sterner is 2023 recipient of Emerging Faculty Award for Engaged Scholarship
Glenn Sterner III, assistant professor of criminal justice at Penn State Abington, has received the 2023 Outreach and Online Education Emerging Faculty Award for Engaged Scholarship.
The Emerging Faculty Outreach Award is a University-wide honor that recognizes early-career tenure-track and non-…
Scholarships in child maltreatment studies awarded
Penn State’s Child Maltreatment Solutions Network recently awarded scholarships to four students wanting to enter the fields of child maltreatment, child welfare, and child advocacy.
The de Lissovoy Intern Scholarship, funded through an endowment in honor of Vladimir de Lissovoy, provides funding…
Rosenberger named new Survey Research Center director
Joshua Rosenberger, assistant professor of biobehavioral health, has been appointed as the new director of the Social Science Research Institute’s Survey Research Center (SRC), effective April 17. Rosenberger has been at the SRC as the Academic Director since 2017.
Dr. Rosenberger succeeds Miranda…