Q&A: How do recovery community centers support people in recovery over time?

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — More than one in 10 adults in the United States believe they had a substance use problem at some point, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Among these adults, more than seven in 10 considered themselves to be in recovery. An…

Piazza Center awarded grant to examine fraternity affiliation and leadership

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State's Timothy J. Piazza Center for Fraternity and Sorority Research has been awarded $70,000 to study student learning outcomes from fraternity membership. The study, sponsored in part by the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC), will examine the potential…

Annual substance use conference examines psychiatric and opioid use disorders

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Social Science Research Institute’s (SSRI) Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction (CSUA)vhosted the sixth annual conference in May at the the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub at Penn State University Park. Drawing over 150 attendees throughout the day, including through…