Penn State Scranton's annual Undergraduate Research Fair and Exhibition will still take place this year, albeit in a different format than usual. This year's event will be held virtually, using technology to showcase students' work and accomplishments.
Jody Griffith, assistant teaching professor in English and composition coordinator at Penn State Scranton, recently finished her first book, "Victorian Structures: Architecture, Society, and Narrative," published by SUNY Press.
A pop-up playground hosted by Penn State students in the city of Reading will return this spring semester to have children building and playing alongside their parents.
Penn State faculty members researched Penn State students’ usage of the references that were recommended and analyzed if those references were currently being used throughout their education at Penn State to gain insight on the information-seeking behavior of students.
Penn State Scranton professors Ray Petren and Melissa LaBuda recently presented their research on parental role changes following separation at the National Council on Family Relations in San Diego, California.
James Wilkerson, program coordinator for Penn State Scranton’s business and project and supply chain management programs, will present two research papers at a national conference next month, one of which he co-authored with Penn State Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa.
Researchers at Penn State Scranton, colleagues, have found in a study that heart rate reactivity is a biological moderator between peer victimization (bullying) and internalizing problems (anxiety/depression) in adolescent girls.
Penn State Scranton Associate Professor of Biology Renee Bishop-Pierce has been working on a collaborative project with colleagues at the University of Split, in Croatia. A grant from the University's Global Program’s Split-PSU Collaboration funds is helping to establish a research program that examines the impacts of microplastics on the aquaculture industry and human consumption.
Dr. Raymond Petren, assistant professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State Scranton, has been named a Top 50 Reviewer by Family Relations, an international journal of applied family studies and a journal of the National Council on Family Relations.