Congratulations to Sarah McKee (PhD ’23), who just started a position as Nutrition Specialist at the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts!

Marketa Burnett led a session entitled “Disrupting the system(s): Empowering Black Girls in Education” for school leaders at the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) Spring Leadership Conference on April 28th.

Laura Donorfio, Katherine Garcia (undergraduate student), and Joanna Szeto (UConn Alum) organized UConn Waterbury’s 3rd Annual Pride Party (4/1/25). This year’s theme was “Trans Rights are Human Rights” (National Trans Day of Visibility occurs on 5/31) and featured 2 UConn alum and 1 undergraduate student as keynote speakers: Matt Blinstrubas, Executive Director, from Equality CT […]

STAT News, a Boston Globe Media company, recently interviewed Keith Bellizzi for a story “As more patients get automated test results, researchers seek ways to calm their nerves,” to accompany a newly published study in JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(4):e254019. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.4019. Story link: https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/08/what-refreshing-your-online-medical-test-result-page-says-about-anxiety/

The UConn Waterbury early childhood program was featured in UConn Today! Learn more about Cora D’Alessandro’s role bringing the program to Waterbury, and one of the first students there, Alee Ennis ’25 (HDFS): https://today.uconn.edu/2025/04/local-partnership-expands-early-childhood-development-training-for-uconn-waterbury-students/

Eliza grew up in the Quiet Corner of Connecticut, surrounded by UConn sports fans and sledding on Horsebarn Hill as a child. While completing her degree, she served as her university’s Vice President of Habitat for Humanity, helping to build houses in West Virginia and rebuilding NOLA after Hurricane Katrina. She focused her studies on […]

At least 12 faculty and 10 graduate students will be giving at least 16 presentations at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting 2025 in May in Minneapolis! Find a listing of them here!

UConn Today recently highlighted Maria LaRusso and Kevin Ferreira van Leer for their participation in the public health celebration with the UConn Public Health House Learning Community where they were part of a panel of researchers sharing their work on school and child health and how undergraduates can get involved in research. https://today.uconn.edu/2025/04/learning-community-students-celebrate-public-health-week-with-child-health-researchers/

Graduate student Michelle Miller recently received El Instituto’s 2024-2025 Predoctoral Fellowship from the University of Connecticut’s Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean and Latin American Studies to support her dissertation titled: “A Mixed Methods Investigation of Acculturative Stress, Cultural Values and Well-being among Latine University Students”.

Lisa (Villamana) Kilcourse earned her Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies and minored in Psychology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs campus. Shortly after she graduated in 2005, she earned her Master of Science in Counselor Education: School Counseling at Western Connecticut State University as well as her certification as a Connecticut School […]