SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES


NEWS IN 2008

 

Rob Speel on NBC Nightly News (4-18-08)

Dr. Rob Speel, associate professor of political science, was interviewed by NBC at the Bayfront Sheraton after the Obama rally in Erie, PA on Friday. View selected remarks aired on NBC Nightly News at msnbc.msn.com. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/24205375#24205375

Good Sexual Intercourse Lasts Minutes, Not Hours, Therapists Say (4/03/08)

Eric Corty's Study Featured on Late Show with David Letterman. View the live monologue

To read the full story behind his monologue: http://www.behrend.psu.edu/newscal/news2008/apr-cortysex.htm

 

Tom Noyes' "Spooky Action at a Distance" Story Collection Published (3/26/08)

Read the full story at: http://www.behrend.psu.edu/newscal/news2008/mar-TomNoyes.htm

 

Grant Reduces Student Costs for Education Abroad Progam in Canada (2/22/08)

A grant from the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., and the International Council for Canadian Studies will subsidize housing and excursion costs for Penn State students studying in Toronto this summer.

Read the full story at: http://www.behrend.psu.edu/newscal/news2008/feb-Toronto.htm

 

Corty's Text Named Book of the Year by the American Journal of Nursing (1/28/08)

American Journal of Nursing (AJN) gave its annual Book of the Year honors to Eric W. Corty, associate professor of clinical psychology for his book: Using and Interpreting Statistics: A Practical Text for the Health, Behavioral, and Social Sciences. The book was published by Mosby, the country’s premier medical publishing house.

Read the full story at: http://www.behrend.psu.edu/newscal/news2008/jan-EricCorty.htm

 

 

 

ARCHIVED NEWS

New book by Dr. Colleen Kelley (12-07)

Faculty Book Makes a Case for Civil Practices in Business (9-07)

Faculty film to screen at Cannes (5-07)

Dr. Greg Morris received 2007 George W. Atherton Award (3-07)

George Looney received Undergraduate Program Leadership Award (3-07)

Aquila Named Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer (2-07)

World Premiere of Requiem for a Sailor (4-07)

Prof. Dean Baldwin Publishes First Postcolonial Short Story Anthology (11-06)

Faculty Forum: Iraq: Where do we go from here? (10-06)

Tom Noyes Runner up for Grace Paley Prize (9-06)

New Crime, Psychology and Public Policy Program Announced   (8-06)

John Champagne awarded Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture in American Studies in Tunisia 2006-07. (7-06)

Dr. Ropert Speel, received 2006 George W. Atherton Award (4-06)

American Dream Series (8-06)

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship Awards (2-06)

Top 10 political news stories in Northwest Pennsylvania for 2005 (1-05)

Logan Series wins award for its adventurous programming (1-05)

Behrend Researchers Examine Children's Potential to Smoke (4-04)

New Video Highlights First-Year College Experience (12-03)

Behrend Professor Links Italy's Art and History
(11-03)

Book by Behrend Linguist Explores Judeo-Greek Language and Culture (11-03)

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