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Dr. Shuai Zhou to begin tenure-track Assistant Professor…

Dr. Zhou, a former Penn State graduate student and advisee of Dr. Chi, will join the University of S…
IPON team trip to Peruvian Amazon

A new global initiative for climate, food, and health…

James Ford and Carol Zavaleta report on the recent trip some IPON team members attended to the Peruv…
Social media users probably won’t read beyond this headline, researchers say

Social media users probably won’t read beyond this headline…

Ashley WennersHerron reports on a new study of 35 million news links circulated on Facebook reports…
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Jessica Miller hired as Associate Demographic Scientist

Jessica Miller, a Ph.D candidate at Penn State University and member of the EDeN team, recently…
Yining Presenting Dissertation

Yining Feng Successfully Defends Doctoral Dissertation

Yining Feng, PhD candidate in Rural Sociology and Demography (dual-title), successfully defended her…
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New project to support, learn from Indigenous communities…

Kristie Auman-Gooding from Penn State News reports on the upcoming RETRACE project focused on examin…
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$5M grant to engage Indigenous communities in climate…

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Indigenous communities around the globe face profound threats from climate ch…
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Postdoctoral Scholar - Arctic Indigenous Research

THIS POSITION IS NOW CLOSED. JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:Penn State’s Population…
Enoch Adams prepares his rifle for a caribou hunt on Sept. 10, 2019, in Kivalina, Alaska. The hunters in the village have seen the migration of fish, caribou, seal and whale change due to warming weather. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Most Alaskan tribes stay put despite climate threats

CLIMATEWIRE | Rural Alaskans who face worsening climate conditions — from sea-level rise to melting…
The researchers found little evidence of individuals or households migrating out of the polar regions of Alaska and northern Canada as a result of climate change.  Credit: Guangqing Chi. All Rights Reserved.

Many people in the Arctic are staying put despite climate…

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Temperatures are rising rapidly in the Arctic, raising questions about how co…
Megan Mucioki

Dr Mucioki to join Emory University as Assistant Professor…

-Dr. Megan Mucioki is thrilled to announce that she will start as an Assistant Profes…
In spring 2020, a survey conducted in Bristol Bay, Alaska revealed lower income participants who are members of minority groups, such as non-resident Hispanic workers and resident Alaska Natives, had the highest risk perceptions related to COVID-19. Credit: Gabe Dunham/Alaska Sea Grant. All Rights Reserved.

Project reveals pandemic perceptions in Alaskan fishing…

-UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When the COVID-19 pandemic spread across United States in early 2020, people…
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Demystify Environmental Migration

-Shuai Zhou and Guangqing Chi published a review paper on the environmental migration literature to…
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Yining Feng Awarded $4,000 C-SoDA Seed Grant for Big-Data…

Yining Feng has received a $4,000 seed grant from the Center for Social Data Analytics (C-SoDA) unde…
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Amish found to be under-vaccinated for COVID-19 but not…

- This summer, viral misinformation claimed that the Amish did not vaccinate against COVI…
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Call for Paper on Big Spatial Data in Demography

Researchers from diverse fields are invited to contribute using Big Spatial Data in Demography - T…
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RSS Call for Proposal for Rural Sociology Editor

Call for proposal for Rural Sociology Editor as published in RSS's website - The RSS Publication C…
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Strategic city planning can help reduce urban heat island…

Katie Bohn from Penn State News reports on important research on the urban heat island (UHI) effect.…
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Shuai Zhou to take postdoctoral position at Cornell…

Shuai Zhou, a Ph.D. candidate in Rural Sociology and Demography (dual title) under the supervision o…
Climate change is increasing the number of wildfires in rural Alaska, resulting in higher incidents of asthma among the state’s residents. Credit: Guangqing Chi, Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

Wildfire proximity associated with asthma cases in rural…

Kristie Auman-Gooding reports on Alaska's increasing number of wildfires and subsequent increase in…
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