iRT Researcher Offers Workshops to Empower Parents to Practice Media Literacy Strategies with Their Children
October 07, 2024, Durham, NC – Research has shown that tweens and teens make healthier decisions when their parents have high-quality conversations [...]
Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Plan to Avoid Driving High
September 27, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to preventing distracted and impaired driving and helping drivers, prevention professionals, and community [...]
iRT’s research on media literacy and adolescent sexual health is highlighted in a chapter in the forthcoming book, Teens, Sex, and Media Effects
September 27, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT’s researchers have a wealth of expertise in media literacy education and sexual health research. Teens, [...]
DigiKnowIt News is Expanded to Help Recruit Adolescents into Pediatric Clinical Trials
April 11, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce the release of a new version of DigiKnowIt News. [...]
Recent Research Supporting STEM Mentoring for Traditionally Underrepresented Youth
March 27, 2024, Durham, NC - Recent research indicates that opportunities for students to explore their interests in science, technology, [...]
Customize Mentoring Trainings to Reflect Your Program
March 27, 2024, Durham, NC - When offering training to mentors, mentees, and parents/caregivers of mentees involved your mentoring program, [...]
New Version of Plan My Ride Available Now
March 13, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the Plan [...]
Plan My Ride Found to Effectively Impact Safe Driving Attitudes, Knowledge, and Beliefs
October 20, 2025, Durham, NC – Distracted and impaired driving are two of the leading risk factors for vehicle crashes in the United States, [...]
iRT Researcher Offers Workshops to Empower Parents to Practice Media Literacy Strategies with Their Children
October 07, 2024, Durham, NC – Research has shown that tweens and teens make healthier decisions when their [...]
Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Plan to Avoid Driving High
September 27, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to preventing distracted and impaired driving and helping drivers, [...]
iRT’s research on media literacy and adolescent sexual health is highlighted in a chapter in the forthcoming book, Teens, Sex, and Media Effects
September 27, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT’s researchers have a wealth of expertise in media literacy education and [...]
iRT to Develop Virtual Reality Training for Law Enforcement to Detect Impaired Drivers
September 20, 2023, Durham, NC – Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of preventable death for both children and adults, and many of these [...]
iRT Reflects on the 2023 National Prevention Network Conference
August 31, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT President Dr. Janis Kupersmidt and Research Scientist Dr. Rebecca Stelter represented Prevention Central, a division of iRT, at [...]
New Research Published on the Protective Influence of Critical Media Attitudes on Adolescent Sexual and Relationship Health
August 30, 2023, Durham, NC – As online pornography platforms become more accessible, adolescents are more regularly exposed to sexually explicit material, and at increasingly [...]
The American Educational Research Journal Publishes the Results of an Evaluation of the Connected Scholars Program
August 24, 2023, Durham, NC – The college years are often a time of great change and new responsibilities, and it can be difficult for [...]
New System Administrator Joins iRT’s Team
August 24, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to welcome Dereka McNair to our team of passionate and skilled professionals. McNair joined iRT this [...]
Interactive, Web-Based Training Course for STEM Mentors: Now Available!
August 24, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT is proud to announce the release of a new, multimedia, interactive, web-based training course designed specifically for onboarding [...]
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