Penn State seeking proposals for the next phase of Presidential Public Impact Research Awards
Penn State is launching the next phase of its Presidential Public Impact Research Awards (PPIRA), which supports faculty–student research teams from the Penn State Commonwealth Campuses working alongside local partners to address pressing challenges across Pennsylvania. Interested faculty can find…
President Bendapudi receives national ARIS Impact Innovations Award for advancing public impact research
Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi has received the 2026 Impact Innovations Award from Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS), a national organization dedicated to strengthening the societal benefits of research, for her leadership in making real-world impact a central part of the University…
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Q&A: What would reclassifying marijuana mean for medical research?
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — There may be a major change in national drug policy coming soon. The Trump administration is considering reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance. The change in classification was proposed in 2024 under the Biden administration, following a…
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SSRI cofounds participate in Capitol Hill Research and Policy Briefing
On March 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., a Capitol Hill Research and Policy Briefing will take place featuring two SSRI cofounds: Erica Frankenberg and Jennifer Van Hook. The event will be hybrid with the in-person option located in the Russel Senate Office Building, Room 118, 2…
Blog on politics and policy seeking submissions
3Streams is a looking for blog submissions focusing on the convergence of politics, policy, and ideas, according to Chris Witko, blog editor and professor of public policy and political science at Penn State. Blog editors are particularly interested in elevating the work of scholars with novel…
Education professor receives Civil Rights Data Science Impact Fellowship
Maithreyi Gopalan, assistant professor of education and public policy and Social Science Research Instituteco-funded faculty member at Penn State, was recently awarded the Civil Rights Data Science Impact Fellowship. Gopalan is the first fellow in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil…
SSRI Welcomes Three New Co-Funded Faculty Members
The Social Science Research Institute welcomes three new co-funded faculty members to Penn State: Cleothia Frazier, asistant professor of sociology in the College of Liberal Arts. Frazier completed her Ph.D. in sociology at Vanderbilt University and MPH at Michigan State University.…