Assistant Professor Maria LaRusso received a Scholarship Facilitation Fund award from the OVPR for her project, Generational Crisis in Well-being? Experiences of pediatricians and mental health providers.

Associate Professor Alaina Brenick received a Scholarship Facilitation Fund award from the OVPR for her project, Beyond Accents and Origins: Exploring Bias-Based Bullying of Immigrant-background Youth

Professor Rebecca Puhl featured in an article in The Atlantic about using people first language when discussing obesity Read the article here https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/06/person-with-obesity-language-phrasing/678584/

Cheryl Hilton, a UConn graduate from 1991 with a BS in Human Development and Family Relations (HDFR) with a concentration in social policy and public relations, has made significant contributions in various fields. During her time at UConn, Hilton was actively involved as a Husky Ambassador, Campus Tour Guide, and an active member of the […]

Veronica Hanna-Walker will complete her Ph.D. in Summer 2024. She enrolled in the HDFS program in 2020 to work with Dr. Eva Lefkowitz on research about sexual identity development and the health and health-related outcomes of sexual and gender diverse (SGD) youth and young adults. During graduate school, Veronica worked on several research projects, including […]

Sara Harkness has always been fascinated by other languages and cultures, and how culture shapes human development and families. She has lived, studied, and worked in many different cultural places including Sweden, Colombia, Guatemala, Kenya, and The Netherlands, and has collaborated on research with colleagues in Italy, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Poland, Australia, and Korea. […]

FastCompany, the world’s leading business media brand, interviewed Professor Keith Bellizzi for a story “Do presidential debates change anyone’s minds? What the research says as Biden and Trump face off”. https://www.fastcompany.com/91146960/presidential-debate-biden-trump

Professor Marlene Schwartz was featured in UConn Today for a partnership with East Hartford public schools. Read the article here  https://today.uconn.edu/2024/05/uconn-partnership-with-east-hartford-public-schools-celebrates-first-year/

Professor Rebecca Puhl was featured in an article about Ozempic in Town & Country. Read the article here. She was also featured in an article about obesity and childhood bullying in Saigon Nho (Read the article here), and in a Perth Now article about why on-screen villains and buffoons are frequently obese. Read the Perh Now […]

Ronald Rohner and Sumbleem Ali (’21 PhD) were featured in a UConn Today article about their work on parental acceptance: https://today.uconn.edu/2024/05/relationship-study-says-parental-acceptance-in-childhood-predicts-ability-to-forgive-as-adults/