November 30, 2012
Volume 1, No. 19
On the web at:
www.prevention.psu.edu
Welcome to PR-eViews, our new source of internal news for the PRC community. This newsletter will be distributed on a bi-weekly
basis to share news, information, upcoming events, and other items with PRC staff, faculty and research teams.
Please send news or announcements to prevention@psu.edu.
We’ve Moved!
Bennett Lecture and
Other Seminar
Presentations, Fall
2012
Holiday Gathering
NIH Announcements
PRC in the News
New PSU Faculty,
Staff Handbooks
Available
And Finally,
Welcome!
By the time you receive this issue of PR_eViews, you will be unpacking/have unpacked and have
become acclimated to our new space. A few boxes are still MIA so please check any still
unpacked to be sure they’re yours. If something is amiss in your office or you’re in need of
shelving, storage, etc., please contact either Kelly or Lisa.
For those of you who either could not attend presentations by this year’s Bennett Lecturer,
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, or would like to download a copy of her PPTs for the Child Study Center
and Bennett Lectures, they’re available on the PRC website under Seminars (Fall 2012), as are
all other PPT presentations from this fall’s seminar speakers.
Save the date: Wednesday, December 12, 3:30–5 p.m., Commons Area—conviviality and
holiday cheer are on the agenda, and so much more. Stay tuned!
Upcoming Changes to Public Access Policy Reporting Requirements and Related NIH
Efforts to Enhance Compliance (NOT-OD-12-160) (see also related Chronicle of Higher Education
article)/Advance Notice: Revised Policy for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Initial Peer
Review of NIH Grant and Cooperative Agreement Applications (NOT-OD-13-010)
• Reducing Sibling Rivalry in Youth Improves Later Health and Well-being
• Men, Women have Different Stress Reactions to Relationship Conflict
• Researchers Investigate Aggression among Kindergartners
Look for these releases on the PRC home page: http://www.prevention.psu.edu.
Information on policies, benefits, services and other related matters of the University can be
found in the Faculty Handbook, Part-Time Faculty Handbook and Staff Employee Handbook,
all of which are online. The Faculty Handbook can be found at
http://www.psu.edu/provost/FacultyHandbook. The Part-Time Faculty Handbook can be
found at http://www.psu.edu/vpaa/pdfs/pt_faculty_handbook.pdf. The Staff Employee
Handbook can be found at http://ohr.psu.edu/assets/employeerelations/documents/Staffhandbook.pdf.
Welcome to Dena Falls, who has become the receptionist for the Prevention Research Center—
be sure to stop by and introduce yourself to her. Dena's office address is 314 Biobehavioral
Health Building and she can be reached directly at 865-5205 or by email/dlf29@psu.edu.
Send news about awards, new and forthcoming publications and reports, presentations, grants, and other information of interest to
the PRC community to: prevention@psu.edu
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