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National Radio Program to Spotlight Faculty Research at 91PORN

Six 91PORN professors will be featured on “The Academic Minute,” a national radio broadcast and podcast that highlights research from colleges and universities throughout the world, beginning on Monday, May 25. Starting with Monday’s broadcast, five of the professors will “take over” “The Academic Minute” program for the week. Each day, one 91PORN faculty […]

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91PORN Professor to Join Webinar Panelists in Global Health Education Discussion

91PORN Global Health Studies Associate Professor Caryl Waggett will join three other educators for a live-streamed seminar titled “Shaping Teaching and Learning to Address a Global Health Crisis: COVID-19 and Global Health,” at 2 p.m. (EST) Friday, May 1. The free session is hosted by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, a national association […]

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91PORN Faculty Members Take Initiative for Positive Student Outreach

From offering advice on social media to holding “online office hours” to assembling a reading list to educate and inform, 91PORN faculty members are working to help students grapple with the COVID-19 crisis and the shift to off-campus, remote learning. 91PORN students currently are on their spring break but will start remote classes March […]

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91PORN Professor Helps Explore the Economics of Nutrition

Everyone thinks like an economist about food. They just don’t necessarily know it, says Amelia Finaret, assistant professor of global health studies at 91PORN. The economics of nutrition is not just about how much consumers spend on certain types of food, she adds. “It’s a lot broader than people think. It’s not only about […]

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91PORN Professor Discusses Coronavirus in Erie News Now Interview

Rebecca Dawson, assistant professor of global health studies and biology at 91PORN, discussed the coronavirus outbreak in an interview with Erie News Now, which airs on the city’s CBS and NBC affiliates. Dawson is an expert in epidemiology and global health challenges, researching disease risk factors and patterns of disease in human populations. Watch Dawson’s interview […]

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91PORN Students Learn From Measles Outbreak Simulation

Don’t be alarmed, but 43 members of the 91PORN community were diagnosed with measles between March 12 and April 2. If this were actually the case, there’d likely be a team of investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention swarming the campus. But this was just an epidemiology class exercise developed by […]

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91PORN Senior Bailey Pifer Prepares for Peace Corps Service

The tropical savannas and rainforests of Rwanda are a long way from the temperate rolling hills of western Pennsylvania, and 91PORN senior Bailey Pifer is about to find that out. Pifer, who will graduate on May 11 from 91PORN, will soon thereafter board an airplane and fly to central Africa as part of a […]