Jennie Noll, director of Penn State’s Child Maltreatment Solutions Network and professor of human development and family studies, is one of 25 individuals across the commonwealth to be appointed to Gov. Tom Wolf’s Council on Reform, which is designed to help protect vulnerable populations in Pennsylvania.
When the people of Puerto Rico took to the streets after a series of government corruption scandals this past July, a group of researchers took the opportunity to determine the role of social media in the organization and dissemination of the protests, marches, and other activities that occurred.
Megan Martin found a passion for education and social work after overcoming her own addiction disorder. Penn State’s World Campus gave her the flexibility she needed to earn her degree.
For Penn State Shenango alumna Erica Meszaros, an internship at Sharon Regional Medical Center — combined with dual degrees in human development and family studies and from the occupational therapy assistant program — opened the door to a rewarding position with Sharon Regional Medical Center’s behavioral health inpatient unit upon graduation.
“DisemPOWERed: Puerto Rico's Perfect Storm,” a film that examines the reasons why Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, will premiere at Penn State. The screening will occur at 6:30 p.m. July 23 in Foster Auditorium in Pattee Library on Penn State's University Park campus. A panel discussion will follow the screening.
Samantha Tornello, assistant professor of human development and family studies at Penn State, has been named the Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor in Health and Human Development. The three-year professorship will provide further funding for Tornello's research on families headed by sexual and gender minority people.
The Penn State-led National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives is increasingly being recognized for its work in translating science to policymakers, educators, practitioners and communities.
Penn State researchers will share mindfulness tips and techniques with community members July 12 at the Art of Discovery booth, part of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.
Diana Fishbein, professor of human development and family studies and director of the Program for Translational Research on Adversity and Neuroscience at Penn State, received the Presidential Award from the Society for Prevention Research at its annual meeting May 30 in San Francisco.
Based upon early successes, “The Art and Science of Human Flourishing” will be offered as a three-credit course at seven Penn State campuses — Altoona, Brandywine, Fayette, Greater Allegheny, Mont Alto, University Park and York — and is the focus of a research study evaluating possible outcomes in increased student health and well-being.
The Society for Prevention Research recently recognized Penn State researchers Max Crowley and Taylor Scott for their significant impacts in the field of prevention science, at its annual meeting in San Francisco.
Penn State researchers recently attended the Consortium of Social Science Association’s 2019 Social Science Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C., taking part in a full schedule of events to bring awareness to social and behavioral sciences.
Jessica Popp gained a love of research during her pursuit of a degree in human development and family studies at Penn State York. Popp will reach her goal as she graduates during Penn State York's 49th commencement at 6 p.m. on May 3.
Sleep and exercise are vital to the wellbeing of new parents, but these essentials affect new moms differently than new dads, according to researchers.
A $3 million grant from the National Institute of Aging will fund Penn State researchers to study the relationship between sleep and cognitive decline and impairment.
