Professor Marlene Schwartz was quoted in a Huffington Post article that discusses U.S. food policy and public schools, and in CT Mirror, concerning a socioeconomic divide in wellness policies in CT schools.
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Rebecca Puhl discusses weight bias in the Washington Examiner
Professor Rebecca Puhl discusses weight bias in article entitled, “Daily on Healthcare: Fighting against weight discrimination in the workplace” in the Washington Examiner.
Rebecca Puhl interviewed in articles in Diabetic Living and HR Dive
Professor Rebecca Puhl was interviewed in the article Overcoming Weight Hate for the summer issue of the magazine Diabetic Living, and for an article on legislation to address weight discrimination for HR Dive.
Debra Tomasino receives LeadingAge Student Full Scholarship
Graduate student Debra Fortune Tomasino received the LeadingAge Student Full Scholarship to attend the Annual Meeting & EXPO in San Diego on October 26-30, 2019.
Alumna Jill Berquist establishes coaching service
Alumna Jill (Leider) Berquist, BA 1984 (HDFR), worked for over ten years as a recruiting director with Accenture. Subsequently, Jill founded Berquist Coaching Services, LLC in 1997. For 21 years she has served clients nationally, working with executive leaders and their teams to uncover and leverage their unique brilliance to bring about meaningful and sustainable results, and inspire their people to do the same.
Laura Donorfio receives Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award
Congratulations are in order for Associate Professor Laura Donorfio, who on October 3, 2019 received the Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award (Undergraduate Level) as part of the UConn Alumni Faculty Excellence Awards. This is a university-wide award and a huge accomplishment – and is on top of the two teaching awards that Laura received from CLAS and from CETL last year.
(Photo on Left: Laura Donorfio, PhD. Photo on right: 2019 UConn Alumni Faculty Excellence Award recipients, from left to right: Kevin E. McEvoy, PhD; Laura K.M. Donorfio, PhD; Kuman S. Venkitanarayanan, PhD; Harry van der Hulst, PhD)
Kate Dibble accepted for a postdoctoral fellowship
Congratulations to Kate Dibble (current doctoral student), who was recently accepted for a postdoctoral fellowship into Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in cancer epidemiology, prevention, and control starting in September 2020.
Rebecca Puhl discusses obesity discrimination & weight stigma
Professor Rebecca Puhl discusses obesity discrimination and weight stigma. Read the articles in Marlene Schwartz featured in local podcast & MSN article
Professor Marlene Schwartz was featured in the Farmington Valley Podcast Network talking about food policy, and in MSN discussing restaurant’s calorie labeling.
Alumna Shana Rackmill recently hired as school social worker
Shana Rackmill, BA 2004, served as both the HDFS Undergraduate Committee president and treasurer while an undergraduate at UConn. She received an MSW from Boston University in 2006, and has worked as a Clinical Director for the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Children and Families group homes in the Boston area. Shana currently works as a school social worker in the Boston area.