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.

Professor and Department Head Eva Lefkowitz was featured in the Fall 2017 issue of UConn Magazine/UConn Reads.  See which 3 books she’s been reading lately.

Professor Michael Ego’s baseball reminiscence project was recently featured in a Greenwich Times article entitled, Mind games:  Baseball chatter as therapy.

See a highlight of a recently published paper by Assistant Professor Ryan Watson and Associate Professor Lisa Eaton (and student Aerielle Allen from Psychology, UConn) that examines HIV prevention disparities in the Huffington Post, LGBT Healthlink.