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Center for Healthy Children recommends evidence-based programs

9/11/18

Federal legislation will radically change how foster care dollars can be used, and Penn State’s Child Maltreatment Solutions Network and Center for Healthy Children is leading the charge to ensure services intended to prevent foster care placement, and better serve foster youth, are backed by sound research.

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University Police offers students unique work experience as auxiliary officers

9/5/18

Through a unique division within Penn State University Police, students support police officers with various security and traffic control efforts while gaining important experience that prepares them for their career goals. Student auxiliary officers are employed by University Police at Penn State University Park and Altoona campuses.

Jennie Noll

Penn State launches new child abuse prevention pilot programs

8/31/18

A new initiative spearheaded by Penn State researchers is aiming to revolutionize how policymakers understand and prevent child sexual abuse. The goal ultimately is to use the results from three evidence-based pilot programs to develop a comprehensive and sustainable model for abuse prevention that can be adopted not just across Pennsylvania counties, but across the nation.

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Death toll from Hurricane Maria estimated to be larger than previously thought

8/2/18

The number of people who died as a result of Hurricane Maria — which hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 — may be as high as 1,139, surpassing the official death count of 64, according to researchers, who used official government records to calculate the number. This effort took into account not just those who died from the immediate effects of the hurricane, but also from secondary effects in the following months.

Penn State alumni William and Kathryn Donato and their sons, Billy and Nick

Donato family establishes Open Doors Honors Scholarship

7/23/18

Penn State alumni William and Kathryn Donato have made a $250,000 gift — which the University matched 2:1 for a total of $750,000 — to create the Donato Family Open Doors Honors Scholarship, which will support Schreyer Scholars who meet financial requirements for need through the Complete Penn State program.

Four faculty members join Social Science Research Institute

7/9/18

Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute recently announced four new co-funded faculty members who will join the institute in the 2018-19 academic year: Maithreyi Gopalan, Alexis Santos, Kenneth Shores, and Ericka Weathers.

Jennie Noll

Noll to participate in NICHD's Strategic Planning Working Group

6/27/18

Jennie Noll, director of the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network and professor of human development and family studies at Penn State, has been invited to serve as a member of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Strategic Planning Working Group.

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Intervention program targets gestational weight gain

6/25/18

Being overweight or obese during pregnancy can have major health impacts for both mother and baby. Penn State researchers are evaluating an intervention program for women who need help managing their weight during pregnancy.

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Registration open for 7th annual Child Maltreatment Conference

6/11/18

Penn State’s Child Maltreatment Solutions Network will hold their seventh annual conference, “Strengthening Child Safety and Wellbeing through Integrated Data Solutions," Sept. 27 to 28, at the Nittany Lion Inn, University Park, Pennsylvania.

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