UConn HDFS alumni Julie Daly Meehan (05) and Kim Bishop (07) were each featured in the MetroHartford Alliance. Julie is the MetroHartford Alliance Chief Operating Officer and Kim is Executive Director of Talent Attraction & Retention.
Dominique Courts (UConn masters, HDFS, 2017), served as a panelist as part of a workshop on the Principles of Kwanzaa, organized by the UConn School of Social Work Black History 365 Committee, available on Youtube (Watch the video here).
Undergraduate (and University Scholar) Julie Brisson is co-author of a new journal article on yoga as part of concussion treatment plans, which was featured in UConn Today. Read the article here.
Congratulations to graduate student Samantha Lawrence nominated by the Connecticut chapter of the Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) for the international PEO Scholar Award competition.
Four HDFS graduate students and four HDFS faculty will be presenting their work at the 2021 National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Annual Conference in November. See all of their presentations here.
Two HDFS/Gerontology undergraduate students are serving as Student Community Connection Ambassadors this semester as part of the UConn uKindness program. Thank you to DeNee Saunders (HDFS major) and Jaelie Jackson (Gerontology minor). Thankful for all that you are doing for the UConn community!
UConn Today featured an article on InCHIP funded COVID-19 studies, referring to several HDFS faculty and students’ research, and specifically describing Professor Keith Bellizzi’s research.
Doctoral student Yuan Zhang featured on the UConn KIDS in Developmental Science facebook page. Read the interview here.
Congratulations to Ellen Pudney, doctoral student, recipient of a Christine N. Witzel Award for research in women’s health.
Congratulations to Rachael Farina, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Graduate Fellowship recipient.