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UConn Today

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Giving Latine Families an ‘Early Head Start’ - December 5, 2024

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UConn Today

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Rudd Center’s Marlene Schwartz Featured on Panel about Food Insecurity in Connecticut - November 25, 2024

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UConn Today

Two UConn College students leading children in exercises outside (UConn HNS photo)

UConn Husky Nutrition & Sport Receives $4.9M in Federal Funding - November 4, 2024

UConn Today

Simone Biles celebrates after being selected for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team (Elsa/Getty Images)

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

UConn Today

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

UConn Today

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

UConn Today

UConn Husky Nutrition & Sport recently underwent a merging and rebranding process, which included building a new website to represent the current model, while continuing its vital work of encouraging healthy habits and increasing access to nutrition and physical activity education. (UConn Husky Nutrition & Sport photo)

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

UConn Today

Anne Gebelein, left, and Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo gather after the event last month that celebrated Campbell-Montalvo's new book. (Shawn Kornegay/Neag School)

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

UConn Today

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UConn Today

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

UConn Today

An arm is holding a cell phone while ordering groceries online. Fruits and vegetables are on a tray in the background

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

UConn Today

CSCH postdoc Kathleen Williamson and Rudd Center Research Assistant Joel Villalba sit at a table welcoming participants to the WSCC Academy. Photo credit: Carson Hardin, Rudd Center

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

UConn Today

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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

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

UConn Today

Participants hold signs during the March for Our Lives 2022 on June 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)

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

UConn Today

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

UConn Today

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

Connecticut Public Radio

Elementary School Children in line at cafeteria being served healthy lunches Hagerstown, Maryland.

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

UConn Today

Kristen Cooksey Stowers presents her public health research to members of the Community Action Task Force of the Invest Health Hartford Team (Jason Sheldon/UConn Photo)

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

CT Mirror

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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

Derek Houston

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

UConn Today

Group Of Elementary School Pupils Sitting On Floor In Classroom

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

UConn Today

Doctor of Physical Therapy student Jacob Notinger (far right) with fellow Boston Marathoners raising funds for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

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

UConn Today

DPT students take hip flexion goniometer measurements. (Kevin Noonan/UConn Photo)

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

UConn Today

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

UConn Today

Rebecca Puhl from UConn Rudd Center speaks on panel onstage

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

UConn Today

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

The Conversation

A young boy wearing a blue jacket picks up a bag of food from school

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

UConn Today

Crosses bearing the names of the victims of a mass shooting in front of Robb Elementary School on May 26, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.

Standing Against Despair - May 26, 2022

UConn Today

Left to Right: Kerri Raissian, Lisa Singh, Amanda Crawford, Jeremy Stein, and David Pucino speak at a Gun Violence Misinformation Panel at the Hartford Times Building on April 5, 2022.

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

Sharon Casavant

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

UConn Today

Mother and teen daughter talking at table

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

Food Navigator

School children having lunch together outside the building

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

UConn Today

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

The Conversation

A girl with a backpack on her back holds a tray in front of her with a sandwich, apple and bottle of milk

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

students eating lunch at Sharon Elementary School in Sharon, Vt. Toby Talbot / AP Photo

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

UConn Today

Eileen Condon

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

UConn Today

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

The Conversation

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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

Shelton KinderCare at 1 Trap Falls Rd. in Shelton, Conn. Autumn Driscoll

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

NECN

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Celebrating Holiday Traditions - December 10, 2021

UConn Today

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

UConn Today

Children and carer together eat fruit as a snack in the kindergarten or daycare

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

UConn Today

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

UConn Today

Xiaomei Cong

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

UConn Today

Black boy drinking soda from a glass. He wears a blue plaid shirt and is smiling.

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

Food Navigator-USA

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

U.S. News & World Report

US News & World Report

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

UConn Today

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

CT Post

At left: Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria (colored green) in the extracellular matrix, taken with a scanning electron microscope, showing. At right, image by the Agriculture Department showing the bacterium, Enterococcus faecalis,

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

UConn Today

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

Food Dive

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

UConn Today

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

UConn Today

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

The New York Times

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

The Conversation

Woman with face mask prepares plastic bags filled with food for distribution

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

A black Toyota sedan pulls up to two health workers in PPE under a tent administering drive through COVID-testing

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

UConn Today

Woman wearing face mask and pink shirt prepares to go meals in CT school. Behind her are others preparing bagged meals

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

UConn Today

Two women, one Black and one White, volunteering in a food pantry pack boxes for distribution to hungry people. The Black woman holds a clipboard and is smiling; the White eoman holds two jars of tomato sauce.