Marching for change: 2017 Women’s March met with mostly positive support online
Large protest events can be divisive, spurring an outpouring of both support and opposition. But new Penn State research found that the 2017 Women’s March, which championed goals in support of women and human rights, was met with mostly positive support on social media, with relatively few negative…
SIMBA Faculty Overview
SIMBA is the last of three ERPs to be implemented at Penn State. LionPATH for student services and WorkLion for Human Capital Management have been in production for several years. SIMBA, which stands for System for Integrated Management + Budgeting + Accounting, will replace IBIS as the University…
Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on air quality
Penn State researchers provide informed commentary on the impacts of the coronavrus pandemic on improvements in air quality. With a decline in travel due to COVID-19 restrictions, the atmosphere has responded with significant short-term improvements in air quality. In this video, which first aired…
Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on aggressive parenting
Penn State researchers provide informed commentary on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on aggressive parenting. During the pandemic, closed schools and daycare centers, parents working at home, and financial insecurity are increasing stress levels and frictions at home. These conditions lead…
Parents and Children Together continues to make an impact during pandemic
Parents and Children Together (PACT) was formed in 2007 as a partnership between Penn State researchers and people who live in the greater Harrisburg community. The mission of PACT is ultimately to enhance the lives of children, youth and families of racially, culturally and economically diverse…
Congressional roundtable addresses domestic issues during COVID-19
Domestic violence prevention during the coronavirus pandemic was the topic of a recent congressional virtual roundtable Penn State’s Research-to-Policy Collaborative (RPC) participated in.
For the roundtable, the RPC connected one of their Rapid Response Network researchers, Apryl Alexander,…
Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the mental health of isolated patients
Penn State researchers provide informed commentary on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the mental health of hospitalized patients diagnosed with COVID-19.
Even with well-established protocols and familiarity, infection isolation protocols may cause significant issues for patients,…
Survey takes the pulse of PA municipal leaders on COVID-19
As Pennsylvania continues a phased reopening, elected officials and municipal leaders in cities and towns across the commonwealth remain concerned about issues like testing capacity, budget shortfalls and communication with state-level agencies, according to a survey conducted by an…
Impacts of the coronavirus on public understanding
Penn State researchers examined public knowledge of the pandemic through a mixed-methods survey of Central Pennsylvania residents during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In early March, Penn State became the first US institution to join an international consortium of higher education…
Global relationships aid Penn State faculty disease expert on COVID-19
Penn State Professor of Biology Matthew Ferrari wakes up early these days. He has to — Ferrari co-chairs the Public Health and Science Assessment task group responsible for advising senior University leadership as they continue to guide Penn State’s strategic response to the pandemic. Several times…
Faculty research examined attitudes of rural Pennsylvanians on key policy issues
With support from the Center for Survey Research at Penn State Harrisburg, researchers, led by Daniel Mallinson, collaborated to survey the attitudes of rural Pennsylvanianson a variety of topics, and how these attitudes affect their perspectives on issues relevant to state and local government,…
Post Doctoral Scholar Position
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The Population Research Institute (PRI) at The Pennsylvania State University (University Park) anticipates an 1-2 openings for a postdoctoral fellow in the NICHD-supported Social Environments and Population Health training program, starting on or about…
SSRI Faculty Fellows Program now open
The SSRI Faculty Fellows Program is now open, with applications to be submitted for approval to department heads of each faculty member who is seeking a course release prior to the October 12 deadline.
The SSRI Faculty Fellows Program supports faculty at University Park and the College of Medicine…
Virtual speaker series to focus on COVID-19 response and policy impact
Penn State’s School of Public Policy is hosting a virtual speaker series, “Policy and the Pandemic,” every Wednesday at 2 p.m. beginning June 10, 2020.
The series will highlight School of Public Policy faculty research analyzing the response to the coronavirus at the local, state and federal level.…
Penn State researchers evaluate 2020 Census data privacy changes
After the U.S. Census Bureau announced that it was changing how it protects the identities of individuals for the 2020 Census, a Penn State-led research team began to evaluate how these changes may affect census data integrity.
The Census Bureau is proposing to use differential privacy, a new…
Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on serving the community
Penn State researchers provide informed commentary on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic while serving their community – using Centre County as an example. Situated near Penn State’s University Park campus, Centre Helps provides two core services: a 24/7 emotional support and suicide…
Gathering big data to accelerate the COVID-19 fight
Penn State is one of 15 institutions participating in a national collaboration to turn data from hundreds of thousands of medical records from coronavirus patients into effective treatments and predictive tools.
The National COVID Cohort Collaborative partners National Institutes of Health…
Podcast collaboration explores research, policy and democracy during pandemic
COVID-19 has sparked a wide range of extreme political actions in the first half of 2020. From inconsistent shelter-in-place orders to unprecedented economic stimulus actions to debates over masks and armed protests at state capitols, the pandemic has brought the relationship between scientific…
Research recruitment posters and fliers
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute now offers a service through the institute’s communication team to create clinical research recruitment posters/flyers. This service is available to any Penn State campus. Advantages of using the institute service include:
Professionally…
Take Note: Penn State Prof. Jenny Van Hook On Coronavirus And The Census
SSRI cofund and PRI affiliate Jenny Van Hook is interviewed for WPSU's Take Note on the consequences of a Census undercount. Van Hook is the Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography at Penn State and a former member of the Census Advisory Board. She was an expert witness in the legal fight…
Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on special education services
Penn State researchers provide informed commentary on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on special education service delivery in Pennsylavania. Early reports suggest that students may re-enter school in the fall of 2020 almost a full year behind academically. However, Penn State researchers…
New Penn State program will train next generation of child maltreatment scholars
Child maltreatment is a significant health issue, affecting more than 12% of children in the U.S. by the time they reach age 18, and is associated with a myriad of behavioral, emotional, and physical health problems for survivors.
Researchers in Penn State’s Child Maltreatment Solutions Network…
Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on food insecurity
Penn State researchers provide informed commentary on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on food insecurity rates in Pennsylvania. According to the researchers, due to the rise of the unemployment rate during COVID-19, food insecurity rates have risen from 11 percent to over 33 percent.…
Connell to research impact of social distancing
COVID-19 research to evaluate impact of public health responses to pandemic on children
Christian Connell, associate professor of human development and family studies and associate director of the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network, has been funded by the Social Science Research Institute and…
Why Social Science? - Because We Will Need to Do Better in the Next Crisis
By John Haaga, PhD
The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a surge of interest in the press and social media in comparisons with other countries. When did the new virus reach other countries, how did they handle it, and how well did they do? I have lost count of the number of times I have read that the…