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Rushing kids to specialize in one sport may not be best path to success

It may be tempting for parents or coaches to urge young children to specialize in one sport early on to help maximize their chance at making it to the big leagues, but that might not be the best path to success.

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Professor establishes scholarship in LGBTQ research and services

10/11/18

Anthony D’Augelli, professor of human development and family studies, has established the Anthony R. D’Augelli Undergraduate Scholarship in LGBTQ Research and Services.

Bellisario College researcher knows the power of telling a good story

10/10/18

Everyone loves a good story, and those stories can have emotional and political effects that are long-lasting. Fuyuan Shen, professor of advertising-public relations at Penn State, wants to know more about the impact of stories. He studies narratives, their influence and what makes them effective or ineffective.

Geography student models future fires to restore past forests

10/9/18

Using forest models, simulation experiments will help us determine and understand how various regimes of repeated prescribed fire are likely to alter forest conditions in the mid-Atlantic region.

Child maltreatment linked to cognitive aging

10/9/18

Almost 10 million older adults in the U.S. have cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, or other related dementias. Penn State researchers are looking into how early life adversity, specifically child maltreatment, can affect cognitive aging later in life in a new project.

Smokers may opt for lower nicotine cigarettes if offered at lower prices

10/9/18

Reducing nicotine intake, a step towards helping smokers reduce — or break — the habit, can be influenced by the price and availability of reduced-nicotine cigarettes, according to Penn State researchers.

Great Valley study on the effectiveness of entrepreneurial teams earns honors

10/9/18

As part of an ongoing grant from the National Science Foundation, Kathryn Jablokow, professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering at Penn State Great Valley, worked alongside Mohamed Megahed and Pratik Pachpute, two Great Valley graduate students, to study the effectiveness of entrepreneurial teams. Their research paper won second place in the entrepreneurial division of the American Society for Engineering Education.

Chewing gum may be effective for delivering vitamins

10/9/18

Nearly 15 percent of all chewing gum varieties sold promise to provide health-enhancing supplements to users, so Penn State researchers studied whether two vitamin-supplemented products were effective at delivering vitamins to the body. Their results validate the concept of gum as an effective delivery system for at least some vitamins.

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Lindsey receives $160,000 NSF grant to research student reasoning in physics

10/5/18

Beth Lindsey, associate professor at Penn State Greater Allegheny, has received a National Science Foundation grant to fund research on student reasoning in physics.

A man in a warehouse looks through a virtual-reality headset.

NSF funds three-year study of virtual-reality engineering simulations

10/5/18

Researchers at Penn State Behrend and University Park are developing a virtual-reality simulation that will place engineering students in an interactive and immersive manufacturing environment. The National Science Foundation is supporting the project with nearly $300,000 in funding.

Larger cities have smaller water footprint than less populated counterparts

10/4/18

Global sustainability is important now more than ever due to increasing urban populations and the resulting stress it can have on natural resources. But increased populations in cities may lead to greater efficiency, as a team of Penn State researchers discovered when they analyzed the water footprint of 65 mid- to large-sized U.S. cities.

ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) molecule

Enhancement of piezoelectric properties in organic polymers all in the molecules

10/4/18

The inability to alter intrinsic piezoelectric behavior in organic polymers hampers their application in flexible, wearable and biocompatible devices, according to researchers at Penn State and North Carolina State University, but now a molecular approach can improve those piezoelectric properties.

Energizing the food-energy-water nexus: the fortuitous tale of duckweed

10/4/18

Rachel Brennan knows how precious of a commodity water is. During her time as the director of Penn State's Eco-Machine, her work has involved a helpful little plant that is impacting the food-energy-water nexus.

Latin may help students bridge their native language with English

10/3/18

Researchers found that teaching English Learners — students who aren’t fluent in English and often come from homes where a language other than English is spoken — the Latin roots of words helped them problem solve the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Professor working with two students in a lab

Chemistry professor brings lessons to life through student research

10/2/18

For more than 10 years, Julie Ealy, associate professor of chemistry at Penn State Lehigh Valley, has worked on in-depth chemistry research with undergraduate students, providing a valuable opportunity that most college students do not get to experience.

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.

Media Highlights

USA Today: November 01, 2018
Giant 'waves' in the sky are wreaking havoc
The waves aren't water, they're strong "jet stream" winds that a study, led by Penn State's Michael Mann, says act strangely because of human-caused global warming.
The Philadelphia Inquirer: November 01, 2018
Rural broadband speeds are slower than expected
Penn State's study of broadband access in rural Pennsylvania are finding that speeds are even slower than previously thought.

Other Voices

Birth, deaths and collisions of stars
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory's Ultraviolet Optical Telescope (UVOT) recently delivered its 1 millionth image, writes Penn State's Michael Siegel.
from:
The Conversation
GM mosquitoes to prevent disease
Using methods like CRISPR researchers are genetically modifying mosquitoes with the goal of curbing disease transmission, writes Penn State's Jason Rasgon.
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The Conversation

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Professor establishes scholarship in LGBTQ research and services

Bellisario College researcher knows the power of telling a good story

Geography student models future fires to restore past forests

Child maltreatment linked to cognitive aging

Smokers may opt for lower nicotine cigarettes if offered at lower prices

Great Valley study on the effectiveness of entrepreneurial teams earns honors

Chewing gum may be effective for delivering vitamins

Lindsey receives $160,000 NSF grant to research student reasoning in physics

NSF funds three-year study of virtual-reality engineering simulations

Larger cities have smaller water footprint than less populated counterparts

Enhancement of piezoelectric properties in organic polymers all in the molecules

Energizing the food-energy-water nexus: the fortuitous tale of duckweed

Latin may help students bridge their native language with English

Chemistry professor brings lessons to life through student research

Penn State launches new consortium to combat the opioid crisis

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