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UConn Today
Rudd Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary at UConn – May 27, 2025
UConn Today
Doechii’s ‘Anxiety’ Is an Anthem for Our Emotional State – May 1, 2025
UConn Today
Learning Community Students Celebrate Public Health Week with Child Health Researchers – April 15, 2025
UConn Today
UConn Whole Child Project Positively Impacts East Hartford Public Schools – April 11, 2025
UConn Today
UConn Nursing Promotes Conversation and Education on Reproductive Health in Guatemala – April 5, 2025
UConn Today
Picturing the Pandemic – March 14, 2025
UConn Today
New Study Finds Gap in Tools Assessing Emotional Well-Being in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities – March 10, 2025
UConn Today
Dean Fumiko Hoeft Receives CT Technology Council’s Women of Innovation Award for Academic Innovation & Leadership – January 21, 2025
UConn Today
InCHIP Scholars Lead Conversations at Moving Beyond Implications: Research into Policy Conference – January 7, 2025
UConn Today
UConn School of Social Work Lands $587,633 Mental Health Training Grant – December 17, 2024
UConn Today
Feel Your Best Self Goes to High School – December 12, 2024
UConn Today
Giving Latine Families an ‘Early Head Start’ – December 5, 2024
UConn Today
Rudd Center’s Marlene Schwartz Featured on Panel about Food Insecurity in Connecticut – November 25, 2024
UConn Today
Coping With Big Feelings Post-Election – November 14, 2024
UConn Today
UConn Husky Nutrition & Sport Receives $4.9M in Federal Funding – November 4, 2024
UConn Today
UConn Keeping Air in Connecticut Classrooms Safe – October 24, 2024
UConn Today
Spencer Award to Fund Professor’s Continued Study of Foster Care Youth in Higher Education – September 16, 2024
UConn Today
New Study Reveals Relationship Between HIV Risk Factors for LGBTQ+ Youth – September 3, 2024
UConn Today
Berthold Awarded Fulbright Canada Distinguished Research Chair Award for This Academic Year – September 3, 2024
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
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