UConn Today

Exploring Technology and Challenges in the Summer Olympics: A Conversation with Jaci L. VanHeest - July 23, 2024

UConn Today

Feel Your Best Self Wins Telly Award for the Second Straight Year - June 13, 2024

UConn Today

UConn Partnership with East Hartford Public Schools Celebrates First Year - May 23, 2024

UConn Today

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Awards $10 Million to HDFS Project - May 15, 2024

UConn Today

Students From Public Health House Learning Community Feel Their Best Self - May 1, 2024

UConn Today

Meet the Researcher: Tatiana Andreyeva, CAHNR - March 5, 2024

The Conversation

What families need to know about how to safely store firearms at home - March 4, 2024

UConn Today

Stress of Being Outed to Parents and Caregivers: What Are the Mental Health Consequences? - February 29, 2024

UConn Magazine

Who Tells Our (Pandemic) Story? - February 20, 2024

UConn Today

Pandemic Journaling Project Archive Opens for Research - February 15, 2024

UConn Today

Twenty Years of Nutrition and Physical Education in Connecticut’s Communities - January 30, 2024

UConn Today

Neag School, El Instituto Host Book Talk on ‘The Latinization of Indigenous Students - January 23, 2024

UConn Today

UConn’s Popular ‘Emotional Well-Being’ Course Being Offered Again in Spring - January 11, 2024

UConn Today

Conference to Connect Lawmakers, Scientists in Unified Mission to Bolster Connecticut - January 8, 2024

UConn Today

Study Finds Young Women of Color in Hartford Use Social Media to Navigate Relationships and Meet Developmental Needs - November 28, 2023

UConn Today

Great Expectations vs Reality of Food Healthiness in Online Grocery Shopping - October 2, 2023

UConn Today

UConn Social Work Researcher Investigates a Mindfulness Mental Health Intervention for LGBTQIA+ Youth - September 19, 2023

UConn Today

UConn Centers Offer Free Professional Development to Local School Wellness Teams - September 13, 2023

UConn Today

National LGBTQ+ Survey Finds Many Teens Out to Family, Hopeful for Future; Problem Areas Remain - September 11, 2023

UConn Today

UConn Kinesiology Professor Explores Efficacy of Ride-On-Toy Navigation Training to Improve Motor Skills in Children with Cerebral Palsy - August 21, 2023

UConn Today

UConn Researchers Awarded $1 Million to Research COVID-19’s Impact on Children’s Health - August 18, 2023

UConn Today

Confronting America’s Gun Violence Epidemic(s) - July 11, 2023

UConn Today

UConn Faculty Awarded $2M in Federal Funding to Support School Wellness in CT - June 16, 2023

UConn Today

Feel Your Best Self Collaborative Puppetry Project Wins Telly Awards - June 7, 2023

UConn Today

Pioneering Puppet Project ‘Feel Your Best Self’ Coming to More Screens Near You - June 5, 2023

Yahoo Finance

3 Ways To Support Mental Health at Work - June 1, 2023

The Daily Campus

UConn Waterbury’s W.I.S.H. Festival was a stunning success - April 20, 2023

UConn Today

UConn Waterbury Plays Host to First-Ever W.I.S.H. Fest - April 19, 2023

UConn Today

Teenage Composer, Producer of Feel Your Best Self Theme Song: ‘It All Will Be OK’ - March 15, 2023

UConn Today

Public Health Insurance for Parents Improves Children’s Reading Skills, UConn HDFS Study Finds - March 13, 2023

Edutopia

How Puppets Can Help Kids Express Emotions - March 10, 2023

WFSB Great Day

Helping kids feel being their best selves with puppets - February 24, 2023

Connecticut Public Radio

Providing healthy and free school lunches for all - February 21, 2023

UConn Today

Community Researcher Examines North Hartford Health Disparities - February 16, 2023

UConn Today

Feel Your Best Self Collaborative Project Wins Kidscreen Award - February 15, 2023

CT Mirror

Providing school meals for all is a win for CT families - February 13, 2023

NPR

Junk food abounds on YouTube videos for kids - February 9, 2023

UConn Today

The Darién Gap in Focus: Exhibition Centers the Stories of Migrants Traveling through Panama in Transit to the U.S.-Mexico Border - January 31, 2023

WNPR

The power of puppets: New toolkit helps kids process "heavy feelings" - January 6, 2023

UConn Today

Feel Your Best Self Collaborative Project Nominated for Kidscreen Award - December 19, 2022

UConn Today

Developing High School Students into Data Scientists - December 19, 2022

CT Mirror

A Sandy Hook reflection: Gun violence is preventable — if we want - December 14, 2022

UConn Today

Pandemic Journaling Project Continues to Grow and Develop - December 7, 2022

UConn Today

For Adolescents, Word Choice Matters When Talking About Body Weight - December 2, 2022

UConn Today

Derek Houston Brings New Expertise on Auditory Experiences, Language Development to UConn - November 30, 2022

Kidscreen

Streamers rule Kidscreen Awards nominations - November 29, 2022

NPR

In one first-grade classroom, puppets teach children to 'shake out the yuck' - November 11, 2022

UConn Today

Helping Schools Put ‘Whole Child’ into Policy and Practice - September 20, 2022

UConn Today

UConn Social Work Scholar Mogro-Wilson Achieves a Pair of ‘Firsts’ in Reaching Milestones - September 14, 2022

UConn Today

Belonging Runs Deep Among Physical Therapy Students, Faculty, and Staff - August 26, 2022

UConn Today

Puppets Get the Laser Treatment - August 17, 2022

UConn Today

UConn Doctor of Physical Therapy Program Encourages Experiential Learning, Sees Tremendous Student Success - July 21, 2022

UConn Today

UConn Study Finds Interprofessional Communication May Aid Family Reunification in Child Welfare Cases - July 20, 2022

UConn Today

Rudd Center’s Puhl Featured on Panel Addressing Weight Stigma in the Media - July 7, 2022

UConn Today

Multidisciplinary Team Wins $3M for Graduate Programs - June 28, 2022

UConn Today

Can Food Taxes and Subsidies Help Improve Health Outcomes? - June 23, 2022

The Conversation

School mental health resources critical to ensuring safe school environments - June 7, 2022

The Conversation

Changes are coming to school meals nationwide – an expert in food policy explains - June 7, 2022

CT Mirror

To end gun violence we need to address poverty - May 31, 2022

UConn Today

Standing Against Despair - May 26, 2022

UConn Today

Feel Your Best Self: Educators, Puppets Unite to Teach Kids About Emotions - May 11, 2022

UConn Today

Gun Violence Misinformation Panel Speaks to Creating Informed Policy Debate - April 26, 2022

NBC Connecticut

Free School Lunch Program Coming to an End - April 15, 2022

UConn Today

Nurse Researcher Receives $15,000 Grant from UConn InCHIP to Investigate Inherited Stress in Black Mothers and Preterm Infants - April 11, 2022

UConn Today

Study Reveals How Parents Talk About Their Teen’s Weight, and How Teens Feel About It - April 8, 2022

Food Navigator

Do current advertising rules for children's products go far enough to protect their health? - April 5, 2022

UConn Today

New Report Reveals Industry-Led Initiative Fails to Protect Kids from Marketing of Unhealthy Foods and Beverages - April 5, 2022

The Conversation

Schools will stop serving free lunch to all students – a pandemic solution left out of a new federal spending package - March 14, 2022

WBEZ Chicago

New bill aims to improve meals in Illinois schools - March 8, 2022

UConn Today

Nurse Researcher Receives Health Equity Research Award - February 16, 2022

Trauma Informed Education Podcast

Multi-tiered Trauma Informed Support with Prof. Sandra Chafouleas - February 11, 2022

The Conversation

Pandemic-related school closings likely to have far-reaching effects on child well-being - February 9, 2022

UConn Today

The Science of Distraction: Neag Professor Explores Fluctuations of Attention During Science Learning - January 21, 2022

The Conversation

More than masks and critical race theory – 3 tasks you should be prepared to do before you run for school board - January 18, 2022

The Hour

CT child care centers lost out on $30M in federal food funding - December 24, 2021

CT News Junkie

COVID-19 Has Left Children In Crisis; CT Should Improve Access To Mental Health Care - December 13, 2021

NECN

Celebrating Holiday Traditions - December 10, 2021

UConn Today

Nurse Researcher Receives NIH Grant to Help Women Manage Breastfeeding Pain - December 9, 2021

UConn Today

Study: USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food Program Underused By Connecticut Child Care Centers - December 6, 2021

UConn Today

Study: International Support for Policies to Address Weight-Based Bullying & Discrimination - November 4, 2021

UConn Today

New Study Reveals Marketing Disproportionately Affects Purchases of Sweetened Children’s Drinks by Households with Low Incomes - October 26, 2021

UConn Today

Nurse Researcher Xiaomei Cong Receives the 2021 Virginia A. Henderson Award - October 20, 2021

UConn Today

New Research Study to Investigate — and Address — Teacher Stress - October 12, 2021

WNPR

Back To School 2021: Supporting The Social And Emotional Needs Of Students - September 2, 2021

The Conversation

Students are returning to school with anxiety, grief and gaps in social skills – will there be enough school mental health resources? - August 23, 2021

UConn Today

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sugary Drink Consumption Exacerbated by Exposure to Neighborhood Fast Food and Convenience Stores - August 6, 2021

UConn Today

Free Academy Coaches School Leaders in Supporting Well-Being - August 12, 2021

The Conversation

Millions of kids get suspended or expelled each year – but it doesn’t address the root of the behavior - August 11, 2021

UConn Today

UConn Researcher Adapting Mindfulness Program for LGBTQIA+ Youth for Online Use - August 5, 2021

UConn Today

Adolescents Report Increase in Weight Stigma on Social Media during COVID-19 Pandemic - July 28, 2021

The Conversation

Pandemic has teens feeling worried, unmotivated and disconnected from school - July 22, 2021

UConn Today

Five Weeks at B.R.A.I.N. Camp Could Give Kids a Brighter Future - July 20, 2021

UConn Today

Neag School Researcher Testing Strategies to Support Teachers’ Intervention Implementation - July 15, 2021

Food Navigator-USA

Study Reveals ‘Major Limitations’ to Fast-food Industry Self Regulation of Advertising to Children - June 22, 2021

U.S. News & World Report

Fast-Food Companies Spending More on Ads Aimed at Youth - June 17, 2021

UConn Today

Color-coded Nutrition Info Helps Food Pantry Clients Choose Healthier Options - May 25, 2021

CT Post

Can gut health fight COVID? UConn researchers examine the link - May 24, 2021

CT Examiner

More Joy — Less Catch-up — Experts Counsel Local Schools - May 23, 2021

UConn Today

UConn Selected to Help Create National Network on Emotional Wellbeing Research - May 5, 2021

EdSurge

What Can Teachers Learn From Students' Brainwaves? - May 4, 2021

UConn Today

UConn Health Researchers Receive a $3.1 Million Dollar Grant to Study Pandemic-Related Stress in Families with Infants - April 22, 2021

UConn Today

The Role of Communities in Refugee Resettlement - April 21, 2021

The Conversation

Bringing ‘behavioral vaccines’ to school: 5 ways educators can support student well-being - April 8, 2021

UConn Today

Parents Confused about Healthier Drinks for Kids Not Helped by Labeling of Fruit Drinks, Flavored Water and Unsweetened Juice - April 8, 2021

Food Dive

Fruit drink labeling is confusing to many parents, study finds - April 8, 2021

The CT Mirror

Reopening schools requires doing less, better - April 7, 2021

The Conversation

How social media turns online arguments between teens into real-world violence - April 5, 2021

UConn Today

Confronting Gun Violence With Scholarship - March 31, 2021

UConn Today

Helping Change Health Behaviors with the Click of a Button - March 29, 2021

UConn Today

Rudd Center’s Schwartz Helps Develop Toolkit For Food Banks - March 23, 2021

UConn Today

Too Hot or Too Cold? UConn Researcher Finds ‘Goldilocks Problem’ in Child Welfare Decision-Making - March 9, 2021

UConn Today

Q&A: Supporting Your Child’s Well-Being During the Pandemic - February 24, 2021

UConn Today

Public Policy, Social Work Researchers: Antipoverty Programs Can Help Reduce Child Neglect - February 22, 2021

The Daily Campus

‘Teen Suicide During COVID-19: The Second Crisis In Our Schools’ looks at how to solve a dire problem - February 18, 2021

The Perkins Platform

Teen Suicide During COVID-19: The Second Crisis In Our Schools - February 17, 2021

UConn Magazine

Helping Kids Decode their Brains - February 15, 2021

The New York Times

‘Right Now Feels So Long and Without Any End in Sight’ - February 15, 2021

UConn 360 Podcast

Episode 78: The Voice of the Huskies - February 10, 2021

The Conversation

How Connecticut’s schools have managed to maintain lunch distribution for kids who need it most during the COVID-19 pandemic - February 2, 2021

UConn Today

Nurse Researchers Study How to Increase COVID-19 Testing, Vaccination Among Underserved Hispanic Families - February 1, 2021

UConn Today

Onset of COVID Pandemic Significantly Threatened CT School Meal Programs - January 28, 2021

The CT Mirror

Trump’s reaction to defeat further confirms urgency for school focus on social emotional skills - January 19, 2021

UConn Today

Food Pantries Use Nutrition Information to Increase Healthy Food Orders - January 7, 2021

The Conversation

COVID-19 means a lot more work for families of children with disabilities, but schools can help - December 16, 2020

The Daily Campus

Distinguished Neag professor aims to help school efforts to integrate health and learning - December 4, 2020

The Hill

It's time for COVID-19 disaster relief ... for mothers - November 23, 2020

NBC Connecticut

UConn Professor Starts Foundation to Help Empower Those Affected by Rare Diseases - November 11, 2020

UConn Today

Concerns About Child’s Weight Increase Risk for Family Weight Teasing - November 9, 2020

UConn Today

Barriers in Food Access Contribute to Inequitable Risks of Obesity and Food Insecurity Among Food Pantry Clients - October 21, 2020

UConn Today

UConn Researcher Receives CDC Grant to Develop Social Media-Based Intervention to Prevent Gun Injury - October 20, 2020

UConn Today

Schooling, Caregiving, and Emotional Support during COVID - October 7, 2020

UConn Today

Weight Stigma Predicts Emotional Distress and Binge Eating During COVID-19 - September 10, 2020

UConn Today

A Spillover Effect: Medicaid Expansion Leads to Healthier Dietary Choices - September 8, 2020

Disability Scoop

Pandemic Hitting Families Of Those With Disabilities Harder - August 28, 2020

UConn Today

Strategies for Fostering an Emotionally Safe School Environment - July 10, 2020

UConn Today

Rudd Center: Beverage Companies Spent More than $1 Billion in Advertising for Sugary Drinks and Energy Drinks in 2018 - June 23, 2020

UConn Today

Many LGBTQ Teens Report Bullying that Extends Beyond Their Sexual and Gender Orientations - June 15, 2020

Hartford Courant

Our Teens are missing so many milestones, but there are things we can do - June 14, 2020

UConn Today

School Wellness Policies Key to Ensuring New York Schools Adopt Healthier Nutrition and Exercise Standards - May 7, 2020

The Daily Campus

Research Spotlight: Looking at food policy with UConn’s Rudd Center - April 28, 2020

UConn Today

As Families Struggle During Pandemic, Children At High Risk for Neglect - April 27, 2020

The Conversation

5 things college students should include in a plan for their wellness - April 27, 2020

UConn Today

Coping With COVID? Mastering Social (But Not Emotional) Distancing - March 19, 2020

CT Voice

The Agony of Youth - March 1, 2020

The Atlantic

The Ominous Rise of Toddler Milk - February 4, 2020

UConn Today

Exploring the School-Age Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health Landscape - January 31, 2020

Food Navigator – USA

Experts urge industry to work with schools to improve kids' meals even as standards are rolled back - January 14, 2020

UConn Today

Healthier School Meals Are Evidence of the Success of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act - January 14, 2020

UConn Today

Researchers: Look at factors outside the family that cause child neglect - December 2, 2019

Scientific American

The War on Childhood Obesity Needs a War on Blame - November 22, 2019

CT Examiner

Barely Half of Connecticut Students Meet Minimum Standard of Physical Fitness - November 18, 2019

UConn Today

CSCH Co-Hosts Second Symposium on Trauma-Informed Mental Health - October 29, 2019

UConn Today

Migrant Children’s Rights to Health and Rehabilitation - October 28, 2019

New York Times

How Children Get Hooked on Sugary Drinks - October 22, 2019

Education Week

There's More to College Prep Than Academics - October 22, 2019

UConn Today

Ample Ads and Confusing Labels Drive Children’s Sweetened Drink Sales - October 16, 2019

UConn Today

Targeting Alcohol Abuse with Emotion Regulation Strategies - October 16, 2019

UConn Today

App Endgame: Detect Dyslexia Earlier - October 7, 2019

The CT Mirror

School food service, another divide between rich and poor - September 12, 2019

NPR

Praise, Don't Tease, And Other Tips To Help Kids With Their Weight - August 25, 2019

The CT Mirror

We need trauma-informed preschool practices - August 22, 2019

NBC CT

Professor Urges Parents to Keep Kids Moving This Summer - June 7, 2019

Connecticut Post

UConn study: Weight-related bullying leads to poor health outcomes for LGBTQ youth - June 2, 2019

Morning Ag Clips

When did GMO become a dirty word? - May 14, 2019

UConn Today

Sandra Chafouleas Receives Award for Mentorship - May 1, 2019

UConn Today

Study: After-school Programs Improve Academic Outcomes - April 11, 2019

WRVO

Climate change, hunger, obesity need collective solutions, according to new report - April 14, 2019

Popular Science

Taxing soda would help make kids healthier - March 26, 2019

CT Post

CT food pantries pushed to offer more nutritional items - March 13, 2019

UConn Today

Many LGBTQ Youth Don’t Identify with Traditional Sexual Identity Labels - February 13, 2019

UConn Today

LGBTQ Teens Face High Rate of Weight-Based Bullying - February 7, 2019

U.S. News & World Report

Junk Food Ads Target Minority Kids: Study - January 15, 2019

U.S. News & World Report

Is Juice on School Menus a Problem? - December 26, 2018

UConn Today

At School Lunch, Healthier Options are Overlooked When Juice is Available - November 15, 2018

Hartford Courant

UConn Athletic Department Makes Strides In Mental Health Care - October 9, 2018

UConn Magazine

The Fight for Physical Literacy - Fall 2018

UConn Today

Adding Context to ‘Breast is Best’ - October 3, 2018

UConn Today

More Kids are Eating Fast Food – and Not the Healthy Options - September 27, 2018

Public News Service

Consumer Food Decisions Can Cut Climate Pollution - July 23, 2018

New England Psychologist

School psychologists: In a class of their own - July 7, 2018

UConn Today

The Science is Clear: Separating Families has Damaging Psychological and Health Consequences - June 22, 2018

UConn Today

LGBTQ Teens Experiencing High Levels of Stress, says National Survey - May 15, 2018

New Haven Register

Pediatricians look for the best language to discuss weight with children - April 22, 2018

WNPR – Colin McEnroe Show

'The $12 Potato Chip - and Other Horrors - April 10, 2018

The Washington Post

Starbucks Classrooms, Plus Six Other New Approaches in Education - April 3, 2018

The Conversation

Will Holding the Cheese and Chocolate Milk on Happy Meals Make a Difference? - March 2, 2018

UConn Today

Sports Sampling May Reduce Injury Risk in Young Athletes - February 26, 2018

UConn Today

Healthy Drink Can Pack a Punch in Preschooler’s Lunch - February 22, 2018

Health Day

Think Little Kids are Safe from Food Ads? Think again  - December 15, 2017

New Haven Register

Hamden clinic set to revolutionize autism, special needs world - November 16, 2017

UConn Today

Adding $1 to Minimum Wage = Less Child Neglect  - October 2, 2017

The Boston Globe Magazine

Why America Needs a Population Czar - September 12, 2017

USA Today

Fast-food restaurants pledged to offer healthier options for kids. How have they done? - August 10, 2017

UConn Today

No Chocolate Milk? No Problem, Kids Get Used to Plain Milk - July 14, 2017

The CT Mirror

Health care providers endorse call for sales tax increase - June 20, 2017

UConn Today

State Leaders Attend Symposium on Childhood Trauma, Mental Health

- May 26, 2017

UConn Today

Parents Concerned About Unhealthy Food Marketing to Children - April 19, 2017

Education World

Why Your School Should be Implementing trauma-Informed Practices - April 2017

The New York Times

Why Kids Shouldn’t Sit Still in Class - March 21, 2017

CBS News

Big money spent marketing unhealthy baby, toddler foods - November 1, 2016

 

New Haven Register

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Clifford Beers Program Turns Stress and Trauma into Positive Outcomes - October 3, 2016

New Haven Independent

Kids In 5 Schools Getting Trauma Help - September 15, 2016

Forbes

Junk Food Makers Market Look-Alike 'Smart Snacks' In Schools To Mislead Kids, Study Claims - September 1, 2016

UConn Today

Look-alike ‘Smart Snacks’ Confuse Students, Parents - August 31, 2016

The Lunch Tray

Study: “Copycat Snacks” in Schools Confuse Parents and Kids - August 31, 2016

UConn Today

New Faculty Projects Will Advance Academic Plan - July 13, 2016

UConn Today

Support Increasing for Laws Against Weight-Based Bullying - April 26, 2016

WNPR/CT Health I-Team

Fight Childhood Obesity In Preschools, Child Care Centers, New Report Says - March 22, 2016

NPR

2 Breakfasts May Be Better Than None For School Kids - March 17, 2016

The Washington Post

Kids who eat two breakfasts are less likely to be overweight than those who eat none - March 17, 2016