Professor and Department Head Eva Lefkowitz and former students will be honored in Toronto this week for their article, which was selected by the Sexuality Topic Network of the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood as the winner of the 2018 Best Research Article award for research advancing scholarship on sex and sexuality among emerging adults.  Read the article here https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jora.12422 

Ronald Rohner, Professor Emeritus, and Director of the Center for the Study of Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection, was appointed to the National Child Policy Center’s committee on psychological maltreatment.

Assistant Professor Ryan Watson received his Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award at the InCHIP Annual Meeting, which was held on September 26, 2019.

Professor Charles Super’s work on the cultural shaping of infant motor development was presented in Science News.

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.

Professor Rebecca Puhl discusses weight bias in article entitled, “Daily on Healthcare: Fighting against weight discrimination in the workplace” in the Washington Examiner.

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.

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)

Professor Rebecca Puhl discusses obesity discrimination and weight stigma. Read the articles in HRDIVE, INVERSE, and ReachMD.

Professor Marlene Schwartz was featured in the Farmington Valley Podcast Network talking about food policy, and in MSN discussing restaurant’s calorie labeling.