The UConn Child Development Laboratories recently achieved a new, five-year term of NAEYC accreditation. They scored very high across all categories, putting them in the top 25% of the already small group of programs that actually get accredited at all. As those involved in the reaccreditation process can attest, the amount of work that goes into the accreditation application is enormous, and so I commend Anne Bladen, and the other staff and teachers in the Child Labs for all of their hard work to make this happen.
Professor Rebecca Puhl recently coauthored a policy statement that was published in the 
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, 
Professor and Department Head Eva Lefkowitz was featured in the Fall 2017 issue of UConn Magazine/UConn Reads. 
Professor Michael Ego’s baseball reminiscence project was recently featured in a Greenwich Times article entitled, 
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 
A great write-up about Professor Steve Wisensale and his 3042 Baseball and Society course was recently featured in UConn Today.
Associate Professor Keith Bellizzi received a 5-year, multi-million dollar award from National Cancer Institute to examine “Multilevel Resilience Trajectories in the Transition to Cancer Survivorship.” Professor Crystal Park from Psychological Sciences at UConn will serve as Co-PI.
Lecturer Kim Larrabee’s paper entitled,