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Behavioral Science

 
 
Behavioral Science Marker image. Click for full size.
By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 23, 2025
1. Behavioral Science Marker
Inscription. When first established in 1967, the Department of Behavioral Science was only the second of its kind at an American college of medicine. This multi-disciplinary, basic science department studies & teaches the principles of human behavior. Faculty members represent all the behavioral and social sciences related to medicine.
 
Erected by Penn State Alumni Association.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1967.
 
Location. 40° 15.785′ N, 76° 40.645′ W. Marker is in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County. It is in Derry Township. It is on Campus Drive east of HMC Long Lane, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 800 Campus Dr, Hummelstown PA 17036, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, in the Susquehanna Valley, and in Greater Harrisburg. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western
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Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Family Medicine (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Humanities (about 600 feet away); Founding Dean (about 700 feet away); Heart-Assist Pump (about 700 feet away); Cervical Cancer Prevention (approx. 0.2 miles away); Medical Center (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ceramic Plaques (approx. ¼ mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hershey.
 
Behavioral Science Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 23, 2025
2. Behavioral Science Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 72 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 24, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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