A series of seed grants from the Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses has provided Penn State campus leaders with the support to implement transformative initiatives and best practices that have been successful at other University campuses.
Accurate reporting on causes of death has direct impacts on mortality data, 政策的制定, and setting priorities in public health. A Penn State-led project aims to educate coroners, 医学检查, and others in the death certifier community in 宾西法尼亚 about the reporting of accidental overdoses due to substance use to help local governments better respond to public health issues.
Two gifts totaling $50,000 are kicking off an international research project led by 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 professor Pierce Salguero into the diagnosis and treatment of meditation sickness, a largely unknown occurrence in practitioners of intensive meditation.
Penn State 阿宾顿 senior Angelea Francesco presented her research on 宾西法尼亚 adolescents with gender dysphoria at the World Professional Association for Transgender Health scientific symposium, where she shared her findings that transgender youth describe their gender in various ways but have a clear idea of who they are and are certain of the medical care they want.
黛安·罗森鲍姆, assistant professor of psychology at 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校, explains that weight bias or negative attitudes toward higher weight is a key risk factor for mental health challenges including eating disorder symptoms, 抑郁症, and negative body image.
宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 will host a free community event on Sunday, 7月24日, featuring a NASA Solar System Ambassador who will offer in-depth explanations of the images NASA released this week from the deepest parts of space ever observed.
Rachael Erikson Brown, associate professor of education at 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校, is the co-principal investigator on research that could fundamentally change learning assessments in schools nationwide.
P.J. Capelotti, professor of anthropology at 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校, focused his recently published 25th scholarly book on the iconic South Carolina roadside attraction "South of the Border."
A new book written by Friederike Baer, associate professor of history at 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校, offers a groundbreaking look at the American Revolution from the perspective of the Germans who were paid to fight on the British side.
