AAUP’s feature of Associate Professor Laura Donorfio, highlights her work with students and with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI).  The AAUP features UConn faculty as part of an ongoing effort to educate legislators (and others) on what UConn faculty do and the impact we have outside of the classroom.

See this recent article about Emeritus Professor Ronald Rohner by the AAUP.

See the following news coverage in the Pacific Standard on Laura Mauldin’s book, Made to Hear.

Professor Rebecca Puhl recently coauthored a policy statement that was published in the American Academy of Pediatrics, which addresses the social and emotional impact of obesity in youth and encourages pediatricians to improve supportive care for children and families struggling with weight.  Read some of the press coverage in the New York Times, Reuters, and NBC.

A new study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut suggests that living in a food swamp – a neighborhood where fast food and junk food outlets outnumber healthy alternatives – is a stronger predictor of high obesity rates than living in a neighborhood with limited access to affordable, nutritious food, or food desert.  Read more of article titled, Food Swamps Predict Obesity Rates Better Than Food Deserts

Study co- authors: Marlene Schwartz, UConn Rudd Center director and professor of Human Development and Family Studies, and Kelly Brownell, Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.