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2021 Advancing a Global Penn State Outstanding Achievement Award
2021 Advancing a Global Penn State Outstanding Achievement Award by Penn State’s Office of Global Programs awarded to Professor Jennifer Glick!
Youth Obesity Rates May Be Unaffected By Income Increases
Congratulations to Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography Molly Martin on her recently published findings in the Social Science & Medicine journal!
Memorial fund to honor Pennsylvania State Trooper Bryon Dickson
The Department of Sociology and Criminology in Penn State’s College of the Liberal Arts has established a scholarship fund to honor the memory of Corporal Bryon Dickson II, the Pennsylvania State Trooper who was killed by a gunman on Sept. 12, 2014. Dickson was a 2003 Schreyer Honors College student and a graduate in the criminology program (then named administration of justice). He was selected as the student marshal for his academic achievements. For more information on the Trooper Dickson Award please click the link below! https://news.psu.edu/story/370716/2015/09/22/administration/memorial-fund-honor-pennsylvania-state-trooper-bryon-dickson
Penn State Department of Sociology Ranked 4th Nationally in NSF Sociology Funding
Penn State’s research enterprise ranks first nationally, tied with Johns Hopkins University, in the breadth and depth of its expertise, according to the latest National Science Foundation rankings of Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) research expenditures by key fields and subfields in science and engineering, released in January 2021.
Lion Legacy Podcast Features Sociology Graduate Student
The recently launched a podcast, Lion Legacy, featured 2003 Sociology Graduate Abbey Meltzer. The podcast uncovers stories of Penn State alums and their compelling professional and personal journeys.
2021 Graduate Student Master's Thesis Award Recepients
Congratulations to Christopher Seto and Kendal Lowrey on their awards! Please click the links below for their full papers! https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/17586chs37 https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/17838kll289
ACJS Names Bruce Smith, Sr. Award to Dr. Chris Schreck
Congratulations to Dr. Chris Schreck who was named a recipient of the Bruce Smith, Sr. Award from the ACJS! This recognition is the ACJS’s foremost accolade for contributions to research. Professor Schreck's work focuses on understanding the causes of crime vulnerability.
Barriers to Health Care for Violence Victims
Congratulations to Keith Hullenaar and Michelle Frisco for their recent article in Penn State News!
Hispanics live longer than most Americans, but will the US obesity epidemic change things?
Congratulations to our faculty members Michelle Frisco and Jenny Van Hook for their piece in The Conversation.