Exercise Research Center in Hershey available for research study use
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s Exercise Research Center (ERC), located at the Hershey Center for Applied Research across from the College of Medicine campus, provides 4,500 square feet of dedicated research space for exercise-based study visits to Penn State…
Fentanyl and COVID-19 pandemic reshaped racial profile of overdose deaths in US
For as long as statistics about opioid overdose deaths have been collected in the United States, white individuals have been much more likely to die than Black individuals of the same age. With the rapidly increasing rate of fentanyl overdoses in the late 2010s, that trend began to…
First Lenfest Immensitas Scholar slated to graduate spring 2024
Three years ago, longtime philanthropist Brook Lenfest was examining the educational outcomes of young people who emerge from the Philadelphia-area foster care system, and he didn’t like what he was seeing. In essence, they were being ushered onto a ladder to higher education that was missing most…
SRC participates in Denim Day for sexual violence awareness
Staff at the Survey Research Center (SRC) recently observed Denim Day, which raises awareness about all forms of sexual violence. Now in its 25th year, Denim Day is the longest running sexual violence prevention and education campaign in history. Throughout the country and world, the day sets…
Midcareer Faculty Advancement Program offers pathway to promotion
Like many tenured faculty members at Penn State, José Soto took some time before deciding to take the necessary steps to achieve his next big career goal — a promotion to full professor.
“Promotion was something I had thought about, but had made a conscious decision to not worry about…
Penn State social scientists head to D.C. for advocacy day
A delegation of Penn State faculty members traveled to Washington, D.C. recently to participate in the 2024 Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) Social Science Advocacy Day. Held April 8 - 9, the event brought together social and behavioral scientists from across the country to…
Guodong Liu awarded the Lloyd Prize for Innovative Health Research
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) is thrilled to announce Guodong Liu is the inaugural winner of the Lloyd Prize for Innovative Health Research.
Liu is a professor of public health sciences in the division of health services and behavioral research with…
Calorie restriction study reveals complexities in how diet impacts aging
Penn State researchers may have uncovered another layer of complexity in the mystery of how diet impacts aging. A new study led by researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development examined how a person’s telomeres — sections of genetic bases that function like…
Climate change may affect kinship care patterns in Africa
Shifting weather caused by climate change, especially drought and heat, is linked to a rise in the number of children being raised outside of their biological parents’ households in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a study led by researchers at Penn State. The findings highlight the effects climate…
Consortium to present seed grant recipients
Penn State’s Consortium on Moral Decision-Making will be hosting an event on April 19 at 2 p.m. for seed grant recipients to present their planned research. The event will take place in Moore Building room 130 and on Zoom.
The seed grant program supports faculty researchers in initiating and…
Social Science Research Institute names 2024-2025 mentored faculty fellows
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Four Penn State faculty members were recently named the Social Science Research Institute’s (SSRI) Mentored Faculty Fellows for 2024-2025. The Mentored Faculty Fellows Program supports the career development of early career Penn State faculty in social and behavioral sciences…
Pinwheels for Prevention event held at the HUB
On April 12, at 12:30 p.m., the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network hosted their Pinwheel Planting in the HUB on the Penn State University Park campus.
Given that April is child abuse prevention month, this event served as part of the national “Pinwheels for Prevention” campaign that…
Penn State-led report reveals gambling participation increases in Pennsylvania
Online and offline gambling is increasing rapidly in Pennsylvania since its legalization in 2017, according to the latest Pennsylvania Interactive Gaming Assessment: Online Gambling Report 2023. The report was developed by Penn State’s Criminal Justice Research Center under contract with the…
SSRI 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…
19th De Jong Lecture in Social Demography to be held on Oct. 15
Penn State’s 19th annual De Jong Lecture in Social Demography will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. in the HUB-Robeson Center Room 233B and on Zoom. “The World’s Population May Peak in Your Lifetime. What Happens Next?” will be presented by Dean Spears.
Spears is an associate…
Three Penn State faculty members collaborate on immigration initiative
By Rachel Keller, The Daily Collegian
At the centennial of the 1924 Johnson-Reed Immigration Act, A K Sandoval-Strausz, Tobias Brinkmann and Jennifer Van Hook, faculty members for Penn State’s College of the Liberal Arts, shifted their focus to educating the community on the impacts of immigration…
Lecture on Compassion to explore the new science of awe and well-being
Dacher Keltner, distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, will present a lecture to the Penn State community titled “The Need to Imagine: How Humans Transcend Reality Through Compassion, Awe, and Aesthetics” at 4 p.m. April 3. The lecture will be…
Why Social Science? Because It Can Contribute to AI that Benefits Society
The new Why Social Science? post comes from Carlotta Arthur and Emanuel Robinson from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine who discuss how the social and behavioral sciences are poised to inform and improve AI and AI systems.
Artificial Intelligence – “AI…
Applications now open for CTSI Implementation Science Fellowship Program
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)’s Implementation Science Core is accepting applications for the Implementation Science Fellowship Program now through May 24. The program provides training and a mentorship network to scientists interested in…
Q&A: Daryl Cameron explores AI and empathy in article and upcoming conference
As interactions between humans and artificial intelligence (AI) accelerate at a rapid pace, researchers from numerous disciplines are beginning to investigate the societal implications — among them Penn State Associate Professor of Psychology and Sherwin Early Career Professor in the Rock Ethics…
Child Maltreatment Solutions Network hosts April 12 event to raise awareness
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and to draw attention to the issue, the Penn State Child Maltreatment Solutions Network is hosting an event on April 12, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. via Zoom.
The event, "Nurturing Healthy Futures: Promoting Effective Safe Care Plans for…
Dear Colleague Letter: Funding Opportunities for Science and Engineering Research with Impact on Women's Health
With this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), in response to the White House Initiative on Women's Health Research, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) encourages the submission of research and education proposals related to women's health. Despite making up more than half of the population,…
$3.1M NIH grant to fund project developing ALS communications interventions
A team of Penn State researchers was recently awarded a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to evaluate clinical interventions to improve speech communications for people diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS. The progressive…
Scholarships in child maltreatment studies awarded
Penn State’s Child Maltreatment Solutions Network recently awarded scholarships to four students planning to enter the fields of child maltreatment and child advocacy.
The de Lissovoy Intern Scholarship provides financial support to students in the Child Maltreatment and Advocacy…
Expanding Empathy Speaker Series returns with scholarly dialogues
The Rock Ethics Institute's Expanding Empathy Speaker Series returns for its sixth consecutive year starting Tuesday, March 19.
Organized under the leadership of Daryl Cameron, who is Sherwin Early Career Professor in the Rock Ethics Institute, associate professor of psychology, director of…