The public is invited to Penn State Abington on Feb. 27 for two lectures highlighting a faculty member's new book on the practice of imaginative literature in the early modern period and a visiting professor's work on satire.
A newly awarded $1 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant will allow a group of multidisciplinary researchers at Penn State, in collaboration with Georgia Tech, to develop an early warning system for identifying and responding to emerging substance use threats such as the rise of fentanyl overdoses in our communities.
The book by Kurt Fowler, assistant professor of criminal justice at Penn State Abington, uses narrative criminology to provide an intimate look into the changing face of the sex industry.
The three Penn State Abington students surveyed nearly 600 people and found that men and women both said planning for Thanksgiving was a source of family tension.
Friederike Baer, an associate professor of history at Penn State Abington, was honored with the Society of the Cincinnati Prize for advancing understanding of the American Revolution and its legacy through her book “Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War.”
Rachael Erikson Brown, associate professor of education at Penn State Abington, is the co-principal investigator on research that could fundamentally change learning assessments in schools nationwide.
P.J. Capelotti, professor of anthropology at Penn State Abington, focused his recently published 25th scholarly book on the iconic South Carolina roadside attraction "South of the Border."
A new book by Beth Montemurro, distinguished professor of sociology at Penn State Abington, uncovers the tension between public, cultural narratives about hetero-masculinity and men’s private, sexual selves and their intimate experiences.
Interactive gaming, or online gambling, became legal in Pennsylvania in 2017. In the first assessment of how this policy change is impacting Pennsylvanians, a recently released report by Penn State researchers and the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs found that approximately 1 in 10 Pennsylvanians engage in interactive gaming.
