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Posttraumatic stress affects academics

5/28/18

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by traumatic military experiences is associated with feelings of anxiety, anger, sadness and/or guilt. New Penn State research is evaluating how PTSD symptoms increase risks for academic difficulties as well.

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Students travel to Sweden to study HR practices

5/24/18

Penn State students interested in human resource management and health care recently had a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the Swedish culture and explore the country’s human resource management and health care systems.

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Early career faculty award established in honor of Crouter

5/23/18

An early career faculty award has been established in honor of Ann C. “Nan” Crouter, who has served as the Raymond E. and Erin Stuart Schultz Dean of the College of Health and Human Development at Penn State since 2007 and is retiring June 30.

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Ties between oral vocabulary and STEM difficulties to be investigated

5/21/18

Young children with early vocabulary difficulties in turn often have difficulty with reading during the primary grades. Penn State researchers will investigate if these oral vocabulary difficulties also lead to math and sciences difficulties throughout elementary school in a three-year, $1.5 million National Science Foundation-funded research project.

Health and the Environment Seed Grant Program

Human Health and the Environment seed grant recipients announced

5/21/18

Human Health and the Environment seed grants for 2018 have been awarded to eight interdisciplinary teams of Penn State researchers. The seed grants were funded through a collaboration of Penn State Institutes and the College of Medicine, which collectively contributed more than $400,000.

Barry Bloom

Xenia Hotels & Resorts and Steelite executives named Conti professors

5/18/18

For the 30th anniversary of the Conti Professorship, the Penn State School of Hospitality Management has named Barry Bloom, president and chief operating officer of Xenia Hotels & Resorts, and John Miles, president and CEO of Steelite International, as visiting Conti professors.

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New research to identify what makes conversations supportive

5/18/18

Researchers from Penn State, the University of Mississippi and the University of Minnesota aim to clarify how conversations about everyday stressors convey support and how they lead to different emotional outcomes in a new three-year project funded by the National Science Foundation.

We Are Weekend

You're invited: 5 reasons to attend We Are Weekend

5/15/18

Penn Staters are encouraged to return to University Park for a summer celebration. We Are Weekend is your opportunity to create lasting memories with family, friends and classmates during a Penn State comeback weekend June 1–3.

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Mending the Gap

5/15/18

Art, culture, sport, and a new kind of volunteer bring old and young together to strengthen the social fabric.

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Love hurts: Spats with spouse may worsen chronic pain, other symptoms

5/15/18

For patients with chronic conditions like arthritis or diabetes, arguments with a spouse may have physical repercussions, according to researchers. They found that in two groups of older individuals — one group with arthritis and one with diabetes — the patients who felt more tension with their spouse also reported worse symptoms on those days.

Five named Big Ten Academic Alliance Department Executive Officer Fellows

5/14/18

The Big Ten Academic Alliance Department Executive Officers Program has gained five additional Fellows from the Penn State ranks. The BTAA is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities. Through its leadership program, participants who have demonstrated leadership ability through University administrative assignments or through other significant leadership positions in public, private or professional organizations, are aided in further developing their leadership and managerial skills.

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