Federal research significant in environmental rule-making

Federally sponsored science plays a more significant role in bringing together stakeholders and facilitating environmental governance debates than all other types of research, according to an international team of researchers.

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Lynching map shows extent of mob violence

Map reveals that lynching extended far beyond the deep South

5/15/19

While most people tend to thinking of lynchings as something that mostly happened in the South, mob violence was widespread in the United States from 1883 to 1941, and its victims included nearly all races and ethnicities, according to researchers. An interactive map shows the extent of this particularly brutal form of violence.

Send Us Your Best Research Photo!

5/13/19

"Research/Penn State" magazine is looking for a superb research-related image to be published on its “At Large” pages in the Fall 2019 issue.

New research details increasing segregation in a transformed school population

5/10/19

As the nation prepares to mark the 65th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling declaring segregation in public schools unconstitutional, the UCLA Civil Rights Project and the Penn State Center for Education and Civil Rights today (May 10) published new research detailing school enrollment patterns and segregation in the nation’s schools. The findings are not cause for celebration, said the researchers.

Location and brand affect people's trust in cloud services

5/8/19

People's stereotypes regarding different locations around the world influence whether they feel secure in storing their data in cloud service centers in those locations, according to researchers at Penn State, who also found that stereotypes regarding brand authority influence people's trust in cloud services.

Study finds Wi-Fi location affects online privacy behavior

5/8/19

Does sitting in a coffee shop versus at home influence a person's willingness to disclose private information online? Does the on-screen appearance of a public location's online "terms and conditions" have an effect? According to researchers at Penn State, the answer to both questions is "yes," especially if the user has a tendency to instinctively distrust public wireless networks.

Tech-savvy people more likely to trust digital doctors

5/8/19

Would you trust a robot to diagnose your cancer? According to researchers at Penn State, people with high confidence in machine performance and also in their own technological capabilities are more likely to accept and use digital healthcare services and providers.

Believing machines can out-do people may fuel acceptance of self-driving cars

5/8/19

People who had a natural tendency to believe that machines can out-do humans in certain activities seemed ready to accept the presence of self-driving cars on the highways, according to Penn State researchers.

Center for Global Studies presents faculty, students with awards

5/7/19

The Center for Global Studies recently awarded more than $131,000 to faculty and students whose work advances research, studies and projects in global studies.

People more likely to trust machines than humans with their private information

5/7/19

People may be more willing to hand over their private information to a machine, rather than a human, because they view machines as more trustworthy and less apt to have designs on their data. That could lead to positive — and negative — results, according to Penn State researchers.

Ancient ritual bundle contained multiple psychotropic plants

5/6/19

One thousand years ago, Native Americans in South America used multiple psychotropic plants — possibly simultaneously — to induce hallucinations and altered consciousness, according to an international team of anthropologists.

Richards Civil War Era Center names Rachel Shelden as new director

5/2/19

The Richards Civil War Era Center in the College of the Liberal Arts has named Rachel Shelden from the University of Oklahoma as its new director. The center's current director, William Blair, retires in June after 21 years at the center's helm.

Study finds virtual assistants play different roles when users seek health info

5/1/19

Conversing through voice, compared to text, enhances the connection users have with a virtual assistant. This can lead to better attitudes toward the technology, according to a study by Penn State graduate student Eugene Cho.

Privacy settings can help ease suspicion of recommendation-making sites and apps

4/25/19

Recommendation systems that merely suggested that users could customize privacy settings tended to boost users' sense of control, which eased their privacy concerns about the site.

Human settlements in Amazonia much older than previously thought

4/25/19

Humans settled in southwestern Amazonia and even experimented with agriculture much earlier than previously thought, according to an international team of researchers.

Dr. Ray Petren giving a lecture at the lunch and learn event

Petren discusses his published research on mothers and stepfathers

4/24/19

Raymond Petren, assistant professor of human development and family studies at Penn State Scranton, recently shared his findings from his study, “Union Stability among Mothers and Stepfathers: Contributions of Stepfathers and Biological Fathers,” which was published in the Journal of Family Psychology in 2018.

Media Highlights

The Independent: April 23, 2019
People avoid feeling empathy towards others
People avoid feeling empathy because they think it requires too much mental effort, a Penn State-led study found.
Smithsonian: April 10, 2019
Cave markings tell of Cherokee life
These newly translated inscriptions describe religious practices, including the sport of stickball, according to a Penn State co-authored study.

Other Voices

Our centuries-long quest for ‘a quiet place’
The more time and money people spend trying to keep unwanted sound out, the more sensitive to it they become, writes Penn State's Matthew Jordan, for The Conversation.
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The Conversation
Can listening to storms help us understand them?
Penn State professors discuss how turning hurricanes into music could lead to better understanding of storms in this article originally written for The Conversation.
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The San Francisco Chronicle

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Map reveals that lynching extended far beyond the deep South

Send Us Your Best Research Photo!

New research details increasing segregation in a transformed school population

Location and brand affect people's trust in cloud services

Study finds Wi-Fi location affects online privacy behavior

Tech-savvy people more likely to trust digital doctors

Believing machines can out-do people may fuel acceptance of self-driving cars

Center for Global Studies presents faculty, students with awards

People more likely to trust machines than humans with their private information

Ancient ritual bundle contained multiple psychotropic plants

Richards Civil War Era Center names Rachel Shelden as new director

Study finds virtual assistants play different roles when users seek health info

Privacy settings can help ease suspicion of recommendation-making sites and apps

Human settlements in Amazonia much older than previously thought

Petren discusses his published research on mothers and stepfathers

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