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Preschool program preps kids for academic success through elementary school

6/4/18

A program that helps low-income parents prepare their children for school has benefits that extend beyond kindergarten and into into third grade, according to Penn State researchers. The researchers found that the preschoolers of parents who participated in the program performed better academically, acquired better social emotional skills and needed fewer additional school services when they were in third grade.

Restored statue platform with standing moai on the south coast of Rapa Nui. Note that one of the moai is adorned with a red scoria pukao.

Hats on for Easter Island statues

6/4/18

How do you put a 13-ton hat on a giant statue? That's what a team of researchers is trying to figure out with their study of Easter Island statues and the red hats that sit atop some of them.

War veteran talking about problems during therapy

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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Willa Z. Silverman to headline symposium at Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris

5/24/18

Willa Z. Silverman, Malvin E. and Lea P. Bank Professor of French and Jewish Studies at Penn State, will be the featured speaker at a symposium that explores the life and career of Henri Vever (1854-1942), a prominent French jeweler, promoter of Art Nouveau, and collector active at the turn of the 20th century.

World in Conversation Executive Director Laurie Mulvey

Is conversation the answer to what divides us?

5/21/18

We’ve all been there: A family dinner or other event where the conversation turns toward a topic will lead to disagreement. Maybe it’s politics, or perhaps it’s something else entirely. Either way, it seems like it’s not even worth trying to have a conversation. Laurie Mulvey, executive director of Penn State’s World in Conversation project, offered insight into how to handle those situations — and why it’s important to do so — on the latest episode of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s Democracy Works podcast.

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.

Students Learn About International Human Resource Management in Sweden

Students learn about international human resource management in Sweden

5/21/18

School of Labor and Employment Relations (LER) and health policy and administration (HPA) students in the combined LER 499/HPA 499 course, Human Resource Management and Healthcare in a Social Welfare Context: The Swedish Experience, spent the past week in Sweden immersing themselves in the culture of the country while learning valuable lessons on international human resource management and health care.

Shara McCallum

English professor shortlisted for Caribbean’s top literary award

5/18/18

Poet and Penn State Liberal Arts Professor of English Shara McCallum received the Poetry Prize at the Bocas LitFest in Port of Spain, Trinidad. McCallum is a celebrated Jamaican poet and was also one of two finalists named to the short list of the 2018 OCM Bocas Prize, the Caribbean’s top literary award.

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College of the Liberal Arts Staff Newsletter – May

5/18/18

This month's staff newsletter includes the Staff Advisory Committee’s new officers, three You Rock Award winners, a reminder about the college-wide staff meeting, a welcome to new staff members and more.

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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.

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