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'Ask the Experts' addresses the opioid epidemic on cesarean sections

11/29/18

This episode in the “Ask the Experts” series features Danielle Symons Downs, professor of kinesiology and obstetrics and gynecology, associate director of the Social Science Research Institute at Penn State discussing her research on the links between cesarean section deliveries and opioid prescribing after birth.

Stephanie Lanza

Penn State launches new consortium to combat the opioid crisis

10/2/18

Pennsylvania is one of the states most impacted by the growing opioid epidemic, with one of the highest overdose death rates in the country — but a new initiative bringing together experts from across Penn State aims to combat this crisis through data-driven, evidence-based innovation.

Ethics of Policing

Series of public lectures, community discussions to examine ethics of policing

9/11/18

Public concern about police integrity, the regulation of physical force in law enforcement, and racial discrimination in policing and law are some of the topics to be explored during the upcoming Ethics of Policing conference taking place Sept. 20-22 at various locations on the Penn State University Park campus. The conference will feature several keynote events that are free and open to the public.

Jennifer L. Frank

Jennifer Frank to serve on National Academy of Sciences panel

11/9/17

Jennifer L. Frank, assistant professor of education and senior research associate with the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center and the Social Science Research Institute, was appointed to the National Academy of Sciences' Consensus Study on Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Development among Children and Youth.

School Integration Matters

Faculty members publish book on school integration

5/19/16

Erica Frankenberg, associate professor of education and demography and co-director of the Center for Education and Civil Rights at Penn State, and her colleagues recently published "School Integration Matters: Research-Based Strategies to Advance Equity." The book sheds light on how and why U.S. schools are experiencing increasing segregation more than 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education declared segregated schooling inherently unequal.

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Nature and nurture both matter for children's early behavior problems

4/8/16

Parents often worry about whether their child’s early behavior is just the “terrible twos” or behavior that will escalate to aggression, stealing, and fighting over time. A team of researchers from Penn State and seven other universities discovered new clues identifying which children may be at risk for the worst antisocial outcomes and the source of these early problems.

Survey Research Center offering walk-in consulting services

8/25/15

The Penn State Survey Research Center will be offering walk-in consulting services from 1 to 4 p.m. on Aug. 31 and Sept. 15 in 114 Henderson Building for anyone who is interested in discussing their data collection questions or needs.

Nilam Ram

Professor recognized for work in gerontology

7/1/15

Nilam Ram, associate professor of human development and family studies and psychology, received the 2015 Margaret M. and Paul B. Baltes Award on behalf of the Gerontological Society of America.

Fourth Annual Conference on Child Protection and Well-Being

Registration open for annual Conference on Child Protection and Well-Being

4/14/15

Leading international researchers such as Harvard Medical School’s Martin Teicher, McGill University’s Michael Meaney and Christine Heim of Charité University Medical School at the Humboldt and Free University of Berlin will speak at the Penn State Network on Child Protection and Well-Being’s fourth annual Conference on Child Protection and Well-Being Sept. 30 to Oct. 1 at the Nittany Lion Inn. They, along with other top scientists, will share their findings about the ways stress “gets under the skin” under the theme “New Frontiers in the Biology of Stress, Maltreatment and Trauma: Opportunities for Translation and Resilience.”

Penn State's 3T scanner gets an upgrade.

Upgrade to MRI scanner enhances researchers’ view of the human brain

1/5/15

With a recent upgrade to the 3-Tesla (3-T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, Penn State will soon have one of the most technologically advanced scanners in the country. The upgrade will give researchers access to a clearer and more detailed picture of the human brain and its functions, as well as other bodily structures.

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Expert to discuss military family risk and resilience

10/14/14

The Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness will present a symposium and panel discussion to promote resiliency in military families from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 in the Penn State room of the Nittany Lion Inn. The symposium will feature Michelle Kees, psychologist and assistant professor in the child and adolescent psychiatry outpatient program at the University of Michigan Medical School.

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