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Feel Your Best Self Collaborative Puppetry Project Wins Telly Awards
The free educational toolkit that helps children cope with big emotions has been recognized in four categories.
Pioneering Puppet Project ‘Feel Your Best Self’ Coming to More Screens Near You
The celebrated program, which uses puppets to help kids and their caregivers explore emotion-coping strategies with a free toolkit, has extended a license to New York's THIRTEEN public broadcasting channel
UConn Geography Researcher Receives Funds to Study Cancer Disparities Among U.S. African Americans
The study will build upon previous studies conducted by Ghosh and her collaborators that have explored the ways social inequality contribute to unequal cancer control outcomes
What if Health Insurance Covered Mindfulness?
A $3.1 million NIH grant supports Professor Blair T. Johnson and collaborators from Brown University in analyzing the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) interventions
Inaugural InCHIP Dissertation Assistantship Award Supports Public Health Research
The assistantship aims to fill a gap by providing support to graduate students in the social sciences as they complete dissertations related to health
New Study Explores Opioid Pain Medication Theft in Long-Term Care Homes
'Older adults living in long-term care settings have a right to be free from this largely invisible form of mistreatment. This is their home'
Feel Your Best Self Collaborative Project Nominated for Kidscreen Award
'These are like the Oscars for kid’s programming': Educational toolkit built to address children's emotional challenges is recognized in the 'Best Web/App Series—Original' category
Developing High School Students into Data Scientists
"Brain Healthy" initiative aims to help high school students interpret data collected through wearable devices to help make healthy choices impacting mental health
Study Provides Insight on Mobile Food Pantries, Charitable Food System
A UConn research team looked at how mobile food pantries help address food insecurity for families with children during the pandemic and beyond
Pandemic Journaling Project Continues to Grow and Develop
The record of thoughts and feelings collected from around the globe during the pandemic has hit the road with a multimedia exhibition at the Hartford Public Library through December 15