PROSPER is a substance-use prevention program that has been running for nearly two decades in Pennsylvania and Iowa. A new award is allowing the PROSPER to team to build bridges to other agencies so that they can reduce the supply of drugs and demand for drugs in the same community.
The student experience in 2020 was unique in the history of Penn State. Though many traditional hallmarks of student life were altered by our inability to gather in large groups, students and the larger Penn State community supported each other to forge bonds and build a better world. Once again, our students have shown resilience, tenacity, and the ability to work together. WE ARE…
The student experience in 2020 was unique in the history of Penn State. Though many traditional hallmarks of student life were altered by our inability to gather in large groups, students and the larger Penn State community supported each other to forge bonds and build a better world. Once again, our students have shown resilience, tenacity, and the ability to work together.
When Shay Baxter's summer sales internship was cancelled due to COVID-19, she reached out to a Penn State instructor, John O'Neill, seeking research opportunities. Through his connections, she joined a research team working to document the history of limited-service hotels in the United States.
Since the first stirrings of the COVID-19 pandemic in the early months of 2020, Americans have felt its affects in nearly every aspect of daily life: healthcare, education, employment or work environment, family dynamics, social interactions, and shopping and dining experiences.
As social distancing has become a facet of daily life in America during COVID-19, Mark Feinberg, research professor of health and human development and the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, is studying the family factors that help sustain or undermine the practice and other protective health behaviors.
Each Faculty Research Spotlight features an hour-long presentation that showcases a faculty member explaining their research in layman’s terms.
Each Lunch and Learn delivers a 30-minute, skills-based program featuring guests who share expertise and life lessons gleaned from their professional experience. Held over the lunch hour, these succinct events deliver useful and concrete takeaways on topics ranging from cooking to fly fishing to improving your golf swing.
Coffee with Craig is an hour-long, unscripted conversation between Craig Newschaffer, Raymond E. and Erin Stuart Schultz Dean of the College of Health and Human Development, and a member of the HHD community. These wide-ranging discussions explore timely and relevant topics and give attendees a chance to learn more about the personalities, backstories, and career journeys of featured guests.
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