For more information about the social sciences response to the COVID-19 pandemic, please visit SSRI COVID-19 Resources.
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Housed within the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research, the SSRI is one of seven university-wide research institutes at Penn State.

SSRI COVID-19 Resources

The Penn State social sciences response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Join CCSA for Giving Tuesday on December 1

Nov 24, 2020

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SSRI Fall Gathering goes virtual

Nov 24, 2020

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Next on WPSU’s ‘Digging Deeper:’ COVID-19 and the rise of the online classroom

Nov 20, 2020

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Engineering professor named as new Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse director

Nov 20, 2020

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Impacts of the pandemic on college students’ sense of belonging

Nov 18, 2020

SSRI Events

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December
02
ASD@PSU Seminar Series
to 01:15 pm
Zoom
December
02
ORAU Webinar Series
to 02:30 pm
Virtual
December
03
Data Science Talks
to 01:00 pm
Zoom
December
03
6th Annual Penn State Addiction Symposium
to 05:00 pm
Zoom
December
08
PRI Year End Celebration
to 01:30 pm
Zoom