Discovery

The College of Health and Human Development Magazine

Author: Mary Campbell

Teaching mindfulness to help navigate change

Through ‘Windows of Opportunity’, researchers are helping teachers and students become more mindful and compassionate. These techniques help calm the mind, ease stress, and you can benefit from them as well in your daily life.

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HHD to join Millennium Scholars Program

Four departments in the college – Biobehavioral Health, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Kinesiology, and Nutritional Sciences – have joined the Millennium Scholars Program at Penn State, an initiative designed to recruit diverse and high achieving students to #STEM degrees and careers in scientific research.

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Fostering community for those with chronic illness

‘Spoonies’ is a term embraced by the chronic illness community to help people understand what daily life looks like for them, using spoons as a unit of energy. Learn how Project Spoonies, founded by an alumna of biobehavioral health, is supporting Penn State students who face chronic illnesses.

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