Symposium highlights the work of community-engaged research and public impact

The Social Science Research Institute’s Community-Engaged Research, Action and Partnerships (CERAP) unit and the College of the Liberal Arts' Child Study Center (CSC) hosted the 2026 Innovation Hub Symposium, “Community-Engaged Research for Public Impact: Process to Policy,” in early February. The…

Penn State’s Child Study Center to host 2026 Innovation Hub Symposium

“Community Engaged Research for Public Impact: Process to Policy” is the theme of the Penn State Child Study Center’s (CSC) 2026 Innovation Hub Symposium taking place on Friday, Feb. 6, in the Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom at University Park. CSC’s Innovation Hub Symposium is a biennial event designed…

CSC Innovation Hub Symposium 2026

“Community-Engaged Research for Public Impact: Process to Policy” Community-engaged research has burgeoned over the past two decades, characterized by a paradigm shift from doing work on communities to doing work with communities. Evolving from niche to conventional, this methodological approach…

Penn State initiative trains future researchers in community engagement

On Nov. 4, 20 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from Penn State's colleges of Health and Human Development, Liberal Arts and Education participated in a 4-hour workshop to learn strategies for engaging diverse communities in their research. “If we want to create lasting relationships, we…