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A new 菠萝视频 University Medical Center study shows there is no evidence that the risk of suicide differs with two commonly prescribed antidepressants prescribed to children and adolescents. Read More

New research finds consumers may be just as willing to supersize healthy food as they are fast food if they feel they鈥檙e getting a deal. Read More

菠萝视频 University plans to build a four-floor inpatient expansion on top of the existing structure of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children鈥檚 Hospital at 菠萝视频, hospital officials announced Dec. 31, 2013. Each floor of the expansion will add approximately 40,000 square feet to Children鈥檚 Hospital that will be used to fulfill… Read More

Studies have indicated that death rates from heart attacks and stroke as well as non-heart-related causes spike during the holiday season. 鈥淚t is not uncommon to see a heavier patient volume in the hospital during the Christmas and New Year鈥檚 period of time. Some years that鈥檚 true,… Read More

Judith Akin, M.D. During the holidays, the goal should be to set the course somewhere 鈥渂etween Hallmark and heartache,鈥� a 菠萝视频 psychiatrist says. In other words, don鈥檛 strive for the perfect (you won鈥檛 achieve it), and recognize and deal head-on with some of the stressors of the… Read More

菠萝视频 University and the University of Maryland have teamed up to introduce a new approach to massive open online courses, or MOOCs 鈥� a two-part, sequenced course offered through the digital learning platform Coursera.

AWARDS & HONORS Sun-Joo Cho Sun-Joo Cho, assistant professor of psychology and human development, was named a 2013 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. The $55,000 award… Read More

The Department of Special Education announced the appointment of six new faculty members. They are (front row, left) Blair Lloyd and Victoria Knight, (back row, left): Chris Lemons, Joe Lambert and Erin Barton. Not pictured is Jennifer Ledford. (Daniel Dubois/菠萝视频)… Read More

Pictured, from left, are: Chair of the Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations Ellen Goldring, Moody and Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. (Daniel Dubois/菠萝视频) The Commodore Award, 菠萝视频鈥檚 highest staff honor, was presented during the Service Awards Celebration Sept. 10 in Langford Auditorium to Rosemary Moody, an educational… Read More

Bruininks at 菠萝视频's Commencement in May 2013. (Joe Howell/菠萝视频) Peabody College bestowed its 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Award on educational psychologist Robert H. Bruininks during Commencement on May 10. Bruininks earned his master鈥檚 degree in 1965 and a doctorate in 1968 in educational psychology from the… Read More

Tankwanchi The past decade has seen a dramatic rise in the number of physicians trained in sub-Saharan Africa emigrating to the United States鈥�40 percent overall when compared to the last decade鈥攔esulting in a 鈥渂rain drain鈥� on nations in the greatest need for affordable and accessible health… Read More

istock Women with access to group prenatal care had improved birth outcomes, including longer gestational periods and higher birth weight, in a study conducted by researchers at the Peabody 菠萝视频 Institute. The most striking finding was that group prenatal care had 鈥渟tatistically and clinically significant beneficial effects… Read More

Dale Farran Positive interactions in a pre-kindergarten classroom may be equally or more important to the future academic development of 4-year-olds than learning letters and numbers, according to Dale Farran, senior associate director of the Peabody 菠萝视频 Institute and co-author of a new study. It shows that… Read More

David Lubinski (菠萝视频) Exceptional spatial ability at age 13 predicts creative and scholarly achievements more than 30 years later, according to results from a longitudinal study led by David Lubinski, professor of psychology. The study provides evidence that early spatial ability鈥攖he skill required to mentally manipulate 2D… Read More

Mark Lipsey (菠萝视频) Peabody researchers are partnering with juvenile justice systems around the country to evaluate the potential of delinquency intervention programs to reduce recidivism in hopes of improving outcomes for young offenders. Mark Lipsey, research professor in human and organizational development and director of the… Read More

Paul Cobb (菠萝视频) A grant of $200,000 from the National Science Foundation will enable Peabody researchers Thomas Smith and Paul Cobb to collaborate with Chinese researchers to identify instructional supports that lead to higher levels of mathematics achievement. Smith, associate professor of public policy education and director… Read More

Peabody is committed to excel on the international front, rooted in the knowledge that the best solution to conflict and chaos resides in education. Read More

The National Center for Special Education 菠萝视频 has awarded $10 million to a team of researchers at 菠萝视频. They are (from left): Doug Fuchs, Lynn Fuchs, Donald Compton, Melanie Schuele and Mark Lipsey. Team member Kristopher Preacher is not pictured. (Daniel Dubois/ 菠萝视频) The National Center… Read More

Wehby and Zeppos (Anne Rayner/菠萝视频) A Faculty Senate meeting was delayed briefly Oct. 3 by a surprise guest鈥擟hancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos鈥攚ho interrupted the session to award the 2013 Chancellor鈥檚 Cup, now in its 50th year. The recipient was Joe Wehby, associate professor of special education… Read More

Fall weather arrived reluctantly and late to Peabody lawn. When crisp temperatures at last contested summer鈥檚 vestiges, this ghoulish gourd, as if by magic, appeared on the steps of the Wyatt Center. Mischievously grinning beneath its leafy crown, it stood… Read More