For centuries, the brain has been the subject of countless philosophical and scientific debates. Recently, many discoveries and theories have cropped up around how the brain works, and those theories are helping us better understand the brain's role in health and behavior. Faculty members in the College of Health and Human Development are advancing several subfields of neuroscience research, looking at topics that include aggression, movement and iron deficiency.

On April 14, representatives from Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Select Medical Corporation, and the Hershey Trust held a ceremonial groundbreaking at the future site of the Penn State Hershey Rehabilitation Hospital. Construction will begin soon at the site, located along West Chocolate Avenue in Derry Township. The new hospital, a collaboration between Penn State Hershey Medical Center and Select Medical, is slated to open in mid-2010. The 61,058 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will house 44 adult beds and 10 pediatric beds. At present, the hospital is operating in a temporary location in Harrisburg until construction of the new facility is completed.

There are more than 30 million adult runners in the United States—plenty of active feet to fuel a $18.1 billion a year athletic shoe industry, according to the NDP Group, a global provider of consumer-industry information.