Congratulations to  graduate student Samantha Lawrence, recipient of the UConn CLAS Christine N. Witzel Scholarship, for “an academically promising…student…undertaking a research project related to women’s health”!

Congratulations to graduate student Debra Tomasino, who will be working on a multi-site study (Yale, Emory, and Northwestern) over the next year as a gerontology researcher on a project focused on improving Emergency Medicine for geriatric patients.

This summer, Graduate Student Kaleigh Ligus will be the Greg O’Neil Student Policy Intern for the Gerontological Society of America. During this time, she will be immersed in aging-related policy development and participate in this process at the national level.

Six HDFS undergraduate students were selected to join the 2021-2022 CLAS Women’s Leadership Collective: Makayla R Dawkins, Zarya B Hernandez Salto, Sierra R Jennings, Blessing Johnson, Bonnie Jurgensmier, and Maya S Reddy. The Collective provides undergraduate students with a unique leadership learning experience coupled with group mentorship from UConn alumnae. Congratulations to all of these students!

Two HDFS majors, Breanna McFarlane and Maria Baratau, featured in a story in UConn Today. Read the article here.

Congratulations to Graduate Student Alexandria Tomkunas who was selected to the 2021 Southern Education Leadership Initiative cohort.  She will partake in an 8-week summer fellowship funded by the Southern Education Foundation and work for the organization “Voices for Georgia’s Children,” on a project analyzing the 181 Georgia school districts’ codes of conduct and discipline policies, in order to provide information to be reviewed in light of known policies and best practices for student outcomes and equity.

Congratulations to Graduate Student Abbey Horton, who received National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) honors student recognition for her master’s degree.

Graduate Student Rachael Farina was a recipient for one of the Summer Fellowships for Advanced Graduate Students from the Graduate School at UConn.

Graduate Student Eleanor Fisk was selected for the Society for Research on Child Development’s (SRCD) Pre-doctoral State Fellowship. Her 12-month placement at the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood will start in September. Caitlin Lombardi will serve as her faculty mentor.