Professor Rebecca Puhl’s research on body acceptance was featured in: US News and World Report, The Great Body Acceptance Debate, and PressForm.
Author: Janice Berriault
Samantha Lawrence receives Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
Congratulations to Samantha Lawrence, recipient of the 2020 University Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award from the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. This is a university-wide award as well and recognizes Sam’s amazing contributions in the HDFS classroom.
Galante-DeAngelis and Watson receive AAUP Excellence awards
Two HDFS faculty received UConn AAUP Excellence Awards! Lecturer Meg Galante-DeAngelis received the Teaching Excellence (Career) award, and Associate Professor Ryan Watson received the Research and Creativity (Early Career) award. These are very prestigious university-wide awards and we are very proud of Meg and Ryan for these well-deserved acknowledgements of all of their hard work.
Marlene Schwartz’s research discussed in multiple articles
Professor Marlene Schwartz discusses research on the effects of changes in school lunch nutrition standards led to improved healthiness of school meals, featured in multiple outlets: medscape.com and yahoo news
Rebecca Puhl’s research on obesity stigma in UConn Today
Professor Rebecca Puhl’s research on obesity stigma was covered by UConn Today.
Linda Halgunseth was finalist for UConn Spirit Award
Assistant Professor Linda Halgunseth was a finalist for the UConn Spirit Award in Inclusive Excellence, as highlighted in UConn Today.
HDFS faculty & grad students will present at SBM conference
Four HDFS faculty, four HDFS graduate students, and three HDFS undergraduate students plan to present their research at the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s 41st Annual Meeting in San Francisco in early April. See all of the information here.
Yuan Zhang receives President’s Commitment to Community Initiative Award
Doctoral student Yuan Zhang is the 2020 recipient of the President’s Commitment to Community Initiative award, in the amount of $1000, for her Research Proposal “The Relation Between Acculturation and Mental Health of International Students.”
Ronald Rohner receives Award for Lifetime Achievement
Emeritus Professor Ronald Rohner received the Award for Lifetime Achievement, presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, February 28, 2020 in Seattle, Washington.