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Report: PSU To Build Center For Abused Children

(WSCR) After a child-sex abuse scandal tore the Penn State football program apart, the university is trying to make the best out of a bad situation.

According to a report from the USA Today:

Penn State will establish a national Center for the Protection of Children to conduct research and provide treatment to victims of sexual abuse across the country.

Penn State President Rodney Erickson said the center, which will draw experts from the university's 24 campuses, will be housed at Hershey Medical Center's Children's Hospital and will be initially funded with $2 million in college football bowl proceeds it is slated to receive from the Big Ten Conference.

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