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Immigrant families focus of recent national symposium

Nov 16, 2023

The 31st Annual National Symposium on Family Issues recently was held at Penn State’s University Park campus and focused on how immigration policies impact the rapidly growing migrant family demographic.  “Twenty-six percent of all children living in the United States live with an immigrant family…
News Topics: PRIMDIFamily SymposiumMigration ResearchImmigrationFamily
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Debunking the myth of steady male employment

Nov 14, 2023

Steady employment has long been the assumed standard associated with the American man, especially by the baby boomer generation. New research is pushing back on the archetype and shedding light on the potential consequences of upholding the “breadwinner” ideology in a labor market in which reality…
News Topics: Workforce DevelopmentPRI
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New project to focus on health impacts of climate change

Oct 4, 2023

The impacts of climate change on human health are likely to be significant and unavoidable, especially in underserved populations across the globe. A $574,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health will help support a new climate change and health research area in Penn State’s Population…
News Topics: Climate ChangeHealthPRI
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Four Penn State Liberal Arts faculty members receive Fulbright Scholar Awards

Oct 2, 2023

Four College of the Liberal Arts faculty members recently received Fulbright Scholar Awards for the 2023-24 academic year: Gary Adler Jr.,associate professor of sociology; Jennifer E. Glick, associate director of the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) and Arnold S. and Bette G. Hoffman…
News Topics: Migration ResearchImmigrationPRISSRISociologyCriminologyDemographyFullbright Scholars
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A Turning Point for the Unauthorized Immigrant Population in the United States

Sep 13, 2023

By Jennifer Van Hook, Julia Gelatt and Ariel G. Ruiz Soto Approximately 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants lived in the United States in 2021, up from 11.0 million in 2019, according to new Migration Policy Institute (MPI) estimates. This represents larger annual growth in the unauthorized…
News Topics: Migration ResearchImmigrationPRI
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Lecture to explore how demography influences environmental research and policies

Sep 11, 2023

Penn State’s 18th annual De Jong Lecture in Social Demography, “Reflections on Necessary, Next Generation Population & Environment Research Agendas,” will be presented by Sara Curran on Oct. 4, from 9 a.m. to noon, in the HUB Robeson Center room 233 B and virtually. Curran is a professor of…
News Topics: De Jong LectureSociologyCriminologyCollege of Liberal ArtsPRI
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Amish found to be under-vaccinated for COVID-19 but not unvaccinated

Aug 28, 2023

This summer, viral misinformation claimed that the Amish did not vaccinate against COVID-19 and, as a result, had a death rate 90 times lower than the rest of the United States. Now, a Penn State study is the first to provide geographically broad and population-wide evidence that while the Amish-…
News Topics: COVID-19AmishPopulation HealthPRI
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Federal-local immigration enforcement policies designed to reduce crime found to raise victimization among Latinos Peer-Reviewed Publication

Aug 8, 2023

Efforts to understand the effects of immigration enforcement on crime have largely been informed by police crime statistics. In a new study, researchers used longitudinal data from the U.S. National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) to assess the impact of federal immigration policies on local…
News Topics: ImmigrationMigration ResearchCriminologyPRIPRI Associate
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'Topping out' ceremony held for Welch Building construction project

Jul 31, 2023

Construction of the Susan Welch Liberal Arts Building at Penn State's University Park campus marked another significant milestone this week. The University held a “topping out” ceremony at the construction site on Wednesday, July 26, during which representatives from Penn State’s College of the…
News Topics: PRISociologyCriminologyCriminal Justice Research CenterMcCourtney Institute for DemocracyCollege of the Liberal Arts
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PAA’s annual meeting features strong Penn State presence

Apr 26, 2023

Researchers from Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) and Population Research Institute (PRI) participated in the Population Association of America’s (PAA) Annual Meeting, which took place recently in New Orleans. This year’s meeting featured several Penn State presenters from a…
News Topics: PRIPRI AssociatePAA
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Demographers identify the causes, challenges of a rapidly aging Puerto Rico

Feb 8, 2023

The Puerto Rican population is aging rapidly, with the percentage of older adults on the island the 10th highest in the world. Penn State researchers are discovering, for the first time, the causes of population aging and how it will negatively impact Puerto Rico. Amílcar Matos-Moreno, postdoctoral…
News Topics: PRIAgingKinshipCollege of Health and Human DevelopmentHuman Development and Family Studies
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New T32-funded postdoctoral position

Feb 1, 2023

The Population Research Institute at Penn State is delighted to announce an opening for a Postdoctoral position in its T32-funded program in Social Environments and Population Health.  Please help us get the word out about this fabulous opportunity!  Applicants must have a Ph.D. in demography,…
News Topics: PRIPostdoctoral
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PRI Visiting Scholar Program

Jan 20, 2023

Penn State's Population Research Institute (PRI) is delighted to announce a new Visiting Scholars Program. Candidates will receive support from PRI to prepare a grant for submission to NIH/NICHD. The Visiting Scholars will visit Penn State’s University Park campus for one week of intensive writing…
News Topics: PRIPRI AffiliateVisiting Scholar
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Frankenberg named among top RHSU Edu-Scholars

Jan 10, 2023

PRI Associate Erica Frankenberg, professor of education (educational leadership and demography) and director of the Center for Education and Civil Rights (CECR), is included in the 2023 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, ranking the university-based scholars in the United States who did…
News Topics: PRICollege of EducationCenter for Education and Civil Rights
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Long-term impacts of famine include health and socioeconomic challenges - Researchers study survivors of the ‘Dutch Hunger Winter’ famine identify numerous long-term consequences

Oct 4, 2022

Millions of children are exposed to extreme hunger each year, but children who experience malnutrition are more likely to have poorer health and developmental delays that persist into old age, according to previous research findings. Researchers at Penn State recently examined the results of early-…
News Topics: PRIPRI Associatemalnutrition
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Alexis Santos appointed to Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee

Sep 23, 2022

Alexis Santos, assistant professor of human development and family studies and co-funded faculty member in the Social Science Research Institute at Penn State, has been appointed to the U.S. Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee (NAC). The committee considers issues related to hard-to-reach…
News Topics: PRIPRI AssociateCensus
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Study finds white children more likely to be overdiagnosed for ADHD

Sep 13, 2022

A new study led by Paul Morgan, Harry and Marion Eberly Faculty Fellow and professor of education (educational theory and policy) and demography, and published in the Journal of Learning Disabilities, examines which sociodemographic groups of children are more likely to be overdiagnosed and…
News Topics: PRICenter for Educational DisparitiesCollege of EducationADHD
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Social Science Research Institute welcomes Jessica Ho as cofunded faculty member

Sep 11, 2022

Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) recently announced new cofunded faculty member Jessica Ho, who will join the institute in the 2022-23 academic year. Ho is an associate professor of sociology and demography and an associate of the Population Research Institute and comes to Penn…
News Topics: SSRI cofundsPRIPRI AssociateAgingLife Expectancyhealth disparitiesSocial Inequity
Older adult vaccination rates in U.S.

In Rural America, Older Adult Vaccination Rates were Higher in Counties with More Aging and Disability Services

Aug 10, 2022

In this Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion research brief, PRI's Danielle Rhubart and Yue Sun describe how aging and disability services (ADS) played an important role for older adults in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, including sharing information, providing transportation, and serving…
News Topics: COVID-19AgingPRIPRI Associate
Demonstrators hold an anti-war poster during an anti-war and anti- Putin rally in Gorky Park in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

The Russia-Ukraine war will hurt millions in Central Asia. Here's why.

Aug 8, 2022

by Guangqing Chi and Erin Hofmann, For The Inquirer The past three years haven’t been easy for Central Asian migrant workers in Russia like Murat and Aigul, a Kyrgyz couple who have worked in Moscow since 2018. In 2020, due to the pandemic lockdown in Moscow, the couple was confined for more than a…
News Topics: Migration ResearchImmigrationRural SociologyPRIPRI Associate
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Insecure: New study links tap water avoidance and food insecurity

Aug 4, 2022

Many Americans take tap water for granted. Water bills are often less expensive compared to people’s other bills, and tap water has been a part of most Americans’ lives since they were born. For nearly 61 million Americans, however, tap water is either unavailable or untrusted. New research from…
News Topics: WaterFood SecurityBiobehavioral HealthAnthropologyPRI
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Race matters in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, research finds

Jul 27, 2022

Hispanic and Black Americans have suffered higher rates of hospitalization and death from COVID-19 than white Americans. A new Penn State study analyzed data collected when COVID-19 vaccines first became available to determine whether these racial and ethnic disparities are related to vaccine…
News Topics: COVID-19Racial DisparitiesRacial and Ethnic MinoritiesPRIPRI AssociateSociologyDemographyCollege of the Liberal Arts
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Losing spouse to COVID may be worse for mental health than other causes of death

Jul 26, 2022

Losing a spouse can be a devastating experience for anyone. A new study found that experiencing the death of a spouse due to COVID-19 may be worse for mental health than deaths from other causes. Penn State researchers found that while there were strong associations between the recent death of a…
News Topics: PRIPRI AssociateCOVID-19DeathSociologyDemography
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High incarceration rates may not help U.S. citizens feel safer

Jul 13, 2022

The U.S. is the world leader in incarceration rates, spending $80 billion a year to imprison two million people. But despite these practices aiming to help Americans feel safer, a new Penn State study suggests they may not result in the intended effect. In a study comparing feelings of safety in…
News Topics: PRICriminology
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Suicide vulnerability index, machine learning model help predict counties’ risk

Jun 29, 2022

Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, but the models that have been used to predict suicide rates weight risk factors equally and rely on data for large geographic areas, limiting the precision of the predictions, according to Penn State researchers. Now, the researchers have…
News Topics: SuicidePRI AssociatePRIMachine Learning

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