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PSU psychology professors receive research grant from University Park

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Nicole Ryerson, (right) assistant professor of psychology at PSU-LV, and Jessica Saalfield, (left) assistant professor, psychology, and assistant coordinator, honors program, at Penn State Schuylkill, were named faculty affiliates at the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at University Park. The faculty members are conducting research on alcohol consumption trends among students at small rural colleges.

PSU psychology professors receive research grant from University Park

Jess and Nicole

Nicole Ryerson, (right) assistant professor of psychology at PSU-LV, and Jessica Saalfield, (left) assistant professor, psychology, and assistant coordinator, honors program, at Penn State Schuylkill, were named faculty affiliates at the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at University Park. The faculty members are conducting research on alcohol consumption trends among students at small rural colleges.

Person crouches in dirt with a shovel

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Aliya Karim, a pre-med student at University Park who is from Ghana, takes a soil sample on the University Park campus. Karim, who served as an undergraduate mentor in the EnvironMentors program last year, researched the effects of soil health on microbial diversity along with high schooler Fatima Nadeem (not pictured).

Person crouches in dirt with a shovel

envrionmentors.jpg

Aliya Karim, a pre-med student at University Park who is from Ghana, takes a soil sample on the University Park campus. Karim, who served as an undergraduate mentor in the EnvironMentors program last year, researched the effects of soil health on microbial diversity along with high schooler Fatima Nadeem (not pictured).