A look at the research frontiers for social-emotional learning was the focus of the recent 2017 Bennett Lecture in Prevention Science by Harvard Professor Stephanie Jones.

Journalists recently told an audience of faculty, students and University communicators about the importance of close communication between scientists and reporters in order to create meaningful news articles that educate the public, part of a science communication training workshop held Oct. 4 at University Park.

A new mindfulness-based, self-care initiative is being launched by the the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services through the Office of Children, Youth and Families, Bureau of Juvenile Justice Services, to teach youth-services workers stress management techniques needed to reduce the physical and emotional effects of on-the-job stress.

The University of the Western Cape in South Africa has appointed Ed Smith and Linda Caldwell as Extraordinary Professors in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences for their contributions over the past 16 years in helping to reduce substance abuse and sexual risk among South African teens.