Research led by Penn State’s Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management shows that 20 percent of Americans began regularly participating in outdoor recreation during the COVID-19 pandemic, while 13 percent of Americans stopped.
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Parks offer space for physical activity, enjoyment of nature, connection with other people, and wildlife habitat. Andrew Mowen of recreation, park, and tourism management examines how parks can also help address social and racial inequities.
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Twenty-eight percent of two- to four-year-olds in Pennsylvania have overweight or obesity. Learn how researchers in Penn State’s Center for Childhood Obesity Research teach parents the skills to help their children maintain a healthy weight.
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Each year there are 400,000 children in United States’ child welfare system, but in many places, potential LGBTQ+ foster and adoptive parents are rejected because of their sexual and gender identity. Samantha Tornello works to support prospective LGBTQ+ parents.
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When Edwin Sabuhoro worked as a ranger protecting the endangered mountain gorilla, he saw local people as a problem. Today, as a researcher, he sees them as the solution and the future of conservation.
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