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A ribbon is cut marking the grand opening of the James M. and Margaret V. Stine Foundation TLC Clinic, a service of the Penn State Hershey Center for the Protection of Children.

New clinic addresses medical and mental health needs of maltreated children

9/30/14

A new clinic in Harrisburg will serve as the medical home for children in out-of-home care, providing primary care as well as evidence-based mental and behavioral health services. A dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony was held this morning (Sept. 30) to celebrate the opening of the James M. and Margaret V. Stine Foundation TLC Clinic, a service of the Penn State Hershey Center for the Protection of Children.

Whyte and Lavan play the first level of their autism social skills game.

Computer game could help adolescents with autism improve their social skills

9/25/14

Elisabeth Whyte isn’t a typical gamer: She has her very own World of Warcraft podcast, a fan following and a blog frequented by 15,000 visitors each month. Though her online persona specializes in dragon slaying, in real life she’s a postdoctoral research assistant and psychology lecturer at Penn State who is leveraging her gaming expertise to design a computer game that could help adolescents with autism improve their social skills.

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The Dignity Tour: Penn State laureate to visit Berks Oct. 15

9/24/14

Susan Russell, associate professor of theatre in the College of Arts and Architecture and Penn State laureate for 2014-15, will visit Penn State Berks on Wednesday, Oct. 15, as part of her statewide “Dignity Tour” as laureate in which she will lead a public Town Hall-style meeting on Dignity and Diversity at 1 p.m. in room 121 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. This presentation is free and open to public.

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Marcellus Shale Gallery Crawl will feature students' photography Oct. 2

9/23/14

Juried student work will be on view in a series of exhibitions across campus and downtown State College, collectively titled “Storied Images: Marcellus Shale,” during the Marcellus Shale Gallery Crawl from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2. Each venue will also feature special activities and refreshments.

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Scientist to discuss using kidney tubes from skin cells to fight kidney disease

9/23/14

This Friday, Sept. 26, a scientist who is coaxing human skin cells to transform into anatomically human kidney tubes will give a public lecture at 3:30 p.m. in 100 Life Sciences Building, the Berg Auditorium on Penn State's University Park campus. The research advances stem-cell technology and gives hope for the future of kidney transplantation. The speaker is Theodore I. Steinman, clinical professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and senior physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

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Are you a student who wants to start a business? Do your homework

9/23/14

This is the second story in a four-part series about topics every aspiring student entrepreneur should know. The monthly series was written by Penn State Outreach News Bureau intern, Dane Vanover and is a service of Penn State’s Small Business Development Center.

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Marcellus drilling boom may have led to too many hotel rooms

9/18/14

Drilling in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale region led to a rapid increase in both the number of hotels and hotel industry jobs, but Penn State researchers report that the faltering occupancy rate may signal that there are now too many hotel rooms.

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