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08 Aug 2020    

Highlights from the 2020 APA virtual conference

Highlights from the 2020 APA virtual conference

August 6-8, 2020

By: Miriam Crinion

The Empowerment Initiative Lab at UNL is attending the first ever virtual American Psychological Association convention this month! Although we are sad about the missed networking opportunities of an in-person conference, we are secretly happy that we can livestream conference sessions from home in our pajamas.



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05 Aug 2020    By Office of Research and Economic Development

ORED awards grants to 6 CEHS research teams supporting COVID-19-related work

Six College of Education and Human Sciences research teams have been selected for internal funding from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Office of Research and Economic Development’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Program.

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30 Jul 2020    

New social media mental health effort features Nebraska connection

Susan M. Swearer, educational psychologist, licensed psychologist and nationally recognized anti-bullying expert, is consulting on a new social media initiative addressing pandemic-related mental health conditions.

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social that supports

30 Jul 2020    

New social media mental health effort features Nebraska connection

Susan M. Swearer, educational psychologist, licensed psychologist and nationally recognized anti-bullying expert, is consulting on a new social media initiative addressing pandemic-related mental health conditions.

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29 Jul 2020    By Chuck Green, CYFS

Research reveals children’s early adversity, neighborhood have lasting impacts

Data from a recent Nebraska study find that early childhood experiences — particularly adverse events and activities, and neighborhood disadvantages — can generate long-term behavioral and social impacts.

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29 Jul 2020    By Chuck Green, CYFS

Research reveals children’s early adversity, neighborhood have lasting impacts

Data from a recent Nebraska study find that early childhood experiences — particularly adverse events and activities, and neighborhood disadvantages — can generate long-term behavioral and social impacts.

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23 Jul 2020    

Nebraska receives portion of largest ever USDA farm to school grant

The Nebraska Department of Education and Burwell Public Schools have both received grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture which will allow them to partner with Nebraska Extension to bring fresh, local foods into schools.

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farm to school grant

23 Jul 2020    

Nebraska receives portion of largest ever USDA farm to school grant

The Nebraska Department of Education and Burwell Public Schools have both received grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture which will allow them to partner with Nebraska Extension to bring fresh, local foods into schools.

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Terry Housh

22 Jul 2020    

National Strength and Conditioning Association honors Terry Housh with lifetime achievement award

The National Strength and Conditioning Association has announced that Terry Housh, director of the Exercise Physiology Laboratory and professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is the 2020 recipient of the Boyd Epley Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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Terry Housh

22 Jul 2020    

National Strength and Conditioning Association honors Terry Housh with lifetime achievement award

The National Strength and Conditioning Association has announced that Terry Housh, director of the Exercise Physiology Laboratory and professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is the 2020 recipient of the Boyd Epley Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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