Update on In-Person Human Subjects Research
Since July, the University has been allowing a limited number of in-person human subjects research projects to resume following the process outlined here: Procedures: Request to Conduct In-Person Human Subjects Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Thus far, only on-campus research has been…
Impacts of the coronavirus on social support and mental health
The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented source of stress for today’s college students. In addition to the physical health threat COVID-19 poses to students and their loved ones, the psychological impact of the pandemic has been profound, with stress, anxiety, and depressive…
Researchers study trends in Pennsylvania school reopening plans
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented numerous challenges to school districts across the nation as they have debated options for educating students safely. According to researchers in Penn State’s College of Education, the decision by Pennsylvania school districts to re-open schools in-person,…
New website launches to support communities in preventing youth substance use
A new website, located at prosper.psu.edu, will aid in recruiting Pennsylvania communities and families to participate in PROSPER, or PROmoting School-community-university Partnerships to Enhance Resilience, a program proven to reduce use throughout entire communities by working with middle school…
Impacts of gambling in Pennsylvania to be explored
Penn State researchers are exploring unknown territory when it comes to gambling in the state of Pennsylvania.
Glenn Sterner, assistant professor of criminal justice at Penn State Abington and coordinator of the Greater Philadelphia Office of the Criminal Justice Research Center (CJRC), has been…
Clinical and Translational Science Institute launches Engage podcast
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute recently launched a podcast called Engage. Each podcast features a Penn State expert discussing the research process or how health research benefits the University's neighbors.
“Education is an important mission for our institute…
Bullying prevention to be the focus of Oct. 29 Bennett Lecture
Leading bullying-prevention expert Dorothy Espelage, William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will deliver a virtual lecture from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Oct. 29 titled, “Addressing Bullying and School Violence and Promoting School…
Intervention improves sense of belonging for minoritized students
Broad-access institutions — colleges and universities that are relatively affordable and less selective than elite institutions — open doors for many students from disadvantaged social backgrounds who might not otherwise pursue higher education. Yet these institutions struggle with persistence and…
Family Symposium to focus on parent-child separations
What do incarceration, migration or deportation, and military deployment have in common? All are likely to separate a child from their parent, which has implications on a child’s well-being.
Penn State’s 28th annual Symposium on Family Issues will focus on these specific circumstances of parent-…
Using wearable technology to prevent kidney stones
idney stones are a painful and expensive medical problem, and people who suffer from kidney stones once are likely to experience them a second time. Recurrence can often be prevented if patients increase urine output by increasing the amount of water that they drink. Though this may seem easy,…
Reflections from Living in Sweden during COVID-19
Read about Lara Fowler, senior lecturer in the School of International Affairs in Penn State Law, and her family’s experiences living in Sweden as visiting scholars during the pandemic. In the first post, Fowler describes the unique dynamics of Sweden, including its health care system, citizens’…
Protocols to make data on kids secure, shareable eventually may help families
Researchers in developmental psychology face a perplexing challenge: They know that collecting and sharing data about children can lead to real benefits for kids and their families, but they also recognize that some kinds of data like video or audio recordings risk violating the privacy of these…
New resources available for underrepresented, marginalized faculty members
New support for faculty members from underrepresented racial and ethnic minority backgrounds and other marginalized identities has been launched to provide multiple career advancement resources for faculty, as well as academic leaders interested in supplementing efforts to build a more inclusive…
Public health preparedness master's students take on COVID-19-related projects
When COVID-19 gained pandemic status in the spring, students in health-related fields across the country saw topics from their courses and training become a reality.
For Heather Schubert and Jennie Kriznik, recent graduates of the master of professional studies in homeland security…
Clinical and Translational Science Institute invests in four pilot projects
The Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute awarded funding to four projects with topics addressing at-risk populations or instituting prevention programs in healthcare as part of its Bridges to Translation Pilot Grant Program.
Bridges to Translation invests in novel…
Why Social Science? Because We’re Living Through an “Infodemic”
By Stephen C. Rea, PhD (Colorado School of Mines), Colin Bernatzky (University of California Irvine), and Sion Avakian (University of California, Irvine)
In February 2020, about a month before COVID-19 became an inescapable reality around the world, the World Health Organization issued a warning…
Four researchers join the Social Science Research Institute
Four Penn State researchers have joined the Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse, part of the Social Science Research Institute, including faculty members from the colleges of Engineering, Earth and Mineral Sciences, and Health and Human Development.
The Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse (CCSA)…
Attention all Zoom users: No security changes will take place Sept. 27
Penn State was informed by the Zoom vendor on Sunday, Sept. 20, that the security updates planned for Sept. 27 will not take effect as announced.
As a result, Penn State Zoom users will not see any changes to their current security settings on Sept. 27.…
Funding Renewed for Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
Since its inception in 2010, the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State has provided professionals who deliver direct assistance to military families with information to help identify, select, and implement the right evidence-based programs and practices to address wide-ranging…
Penn State's research expenditures top $1 billion mark
Penn State’s research expenditures exceeded the $1 billion mark in fiscal year 2019-20. The total figure, $1.01 billion, places Penn State among a select group of research universities nationally, and reflects the interdisciplinary strength built over…
New Zoom setting changes to take effect
On September 27, Zoom is implementing changes worldwide to enhance meeting security. Zoom meetings will require a Passcode (formerly referred to as Password), or a Waiting Room to be enabled for all meetings. Any Zoom meetings that have already been scheduled and do not…
Dean's Lecture Series to focus on impact of racism and discrimination on health
The Penn State College of Health and Human Development's fall 2020 Dean's Lecture Series will focus on the impact of structural racism on human health, development and well-being.
The first lecture in this iteration of the Dean’s Lecture Series, "The Impact of Structural Racism and Racial…
Impacts of the coronavirus on social justice
Although disparities in resource distribution have always run deep across our communities, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and further exacerbated these inequities. Rates of infection are higher in lower income and more populated areas, increasing the contagion risk. The current crisis is a giant…
Morgan contributes to new LDA of America policy statement
Penn State researchers have given policy makers the evidence-based research needed to keep policies on disability identification in educational settings up to date.
Paul Morgan, professor of education, and the rest of his team at the Center for Educational Disparities Research (CEDR) at Penn State…
Expanding Empathy Zoom Webinars
In the midst of a global pandemic, now may be the time to extend empathy to those around you, and a webinar series through the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State is helping others do just that.
Daryl Cameron, assistant professor of psychology and a research associate at the Rock Ethics Institute,…