A look at the week's top stories from across Penn State:
CHILD MALTREATMENT CENTER: The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health, recently completed a competitive process to fund — for the first time ever — an academic institution to serve as a national resource for child maltreatment research and training. Penn State was selected based on scientific merit to establish the Center for Healthy Children. The award of $7.7 million will support the center as a national resource for child maltreatment research and training. To further this effort, Penn State has committed $3.4 million in funds, to total more than $11 million.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: The NCAA selected Penn State to host several championships from 2018-22, including an NCAA Women's Frozen Four and two Division I men's hockey regionals.
'ALL IN' AWARDS: Patricia Silveyra, assistant professor of pediatrics and a research associate in the College of Medicine, and Candice Crutchfield, a junior and Schreyer Honors College student, were recognized with the "All In at Penn State" achievement award.
ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: Squire J. Booker, professor of chemistry and of biochemistry and molecular biology and investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Jonathan Eaton, distinguished professor of economics, were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
COLLEGIAN ANNIVERSARY: The Daily Collegian, Penn State's independently-run student newspaper, marked 130 years.
GAME THEORY: Using game features in non-game contexts, computers can learn to build personalized mental- and physical-therapy programs that enhance individual motivation, according to Penn State engineers.
NEW ADDITIVE PROGRAMS: In response to increased industry demand for experts in the growing field of additive manufacturing, Penn State will offer residential and online master’s degrees in additive manufacturing and design beginning this fall.