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22 Mar 2017    By Tiffany Lee | Research and Economic Development

Nebraska Lecture will focus on language development, reading skills

Gazing into a newborn nursery, it is difficult to imagine the new bundles of joy are focused on much more than their next nap or meal. But according to Nebraska researcher Victoria Molfese, there is more happening in these babies' minds than meets the eye. Even the youngest babies are working hard to build complex language skills.



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22 Mar 2017    By Tiffany Lee | Research and Economic Development

Nebraska Lecture will focus on language development, reading skills

Gazing into a newborn nursery, it is difficult to imagine the new bundles of joy are focused on much more than their next nap or meal. But according to Nebraska researcher Victoria Molfese, there is more happening in these babies' minds than meets the eye. Even the youngest babies are working hard to build complex language skills.



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21 Mar 2017    By Brad Stauffer

CEHS researchers help explore if the family is in peril

Is the family in peril? Has the family structure from 50 years ago eroded to a point of alarm? These are questions that international family researchers and family economists grappled with recently at a meeting in Switzerland. Among them was Child, Youth and Family Studies (CYAF) associate professor Cody Hollist.



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21 Mar 2017    By Brad Stauffer

CEHS researchers help explore if the family is in peril

Is the family in peril? Has the family structure from 50 years ago eroded to a point of alarm? These are questions that international family researchers and family economists grappled with recently at a meeting in Switzerland. Among them was Child, Youth and Family Studies (CYAF) associate professor Cody Hollist.



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Kristy Weissling

20 Mar 2017    By Kelcey Buck

Brain Awareness: Weissling leads efforts in AAC and treatment of aphasia

In conjunction with Brain Injury Awareness Month and Brain Awareness Week, SECD is highlighting the work of three faculty members whose research and expertise focuses on brain development, injuries and disorders - assistant professor YingYing Wang, professor Karen Hux and associate professor of practice Kristy Weissling.

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Karen Hux

20 Mar 2017    By Kelcey Buck

Brain Awareness: Hux devoted to helping individuals with traumatic brain injuries

In conjunction with Brain Injury Awareness Month and Brain Awareness Week, SECD is highlighting the work of three faculty members whose research and expertise focuses on brain development, injuries and disorders - assistant professor YingYing Wang, professor Karen Hux and associate professor of practice Kristy Weissling.

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YingYing Wang

20 Mar 2017    By Kelcey Buck

Brain Awareness: Wang brings brain imaging expertise to SECD

In conjunction with Brain Injury Awareness Month and Brain Awareness Week, SECD is highlighting the work of three faculty members whose research and expertise focuses on brain development, injuries and disorders - assistant professor YingYing Wang, professor Karen Hux and associate professor of practice Kristy Weissling.

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CYAF student Joseph Byrd takes time to reflect on his experience in India. “It is important to live, learn, and move ahead; living in the past is a fruitless journey. I wait with bated breath to experience what happens next.”

13 Mar 2017    By Kari Eller

Student blogs highlight CYAF India study abroad

On Jan. 30, Child, Youth and Family Studies (CYAF) students Joseph Byrd, Kara Cruickshank, Sarah Erwin and Jessica Fetrow left behind family, friends and the comforts of their lives in Lincoln, as they boarded a plane headed to Jalgaon, India.

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CYAF student Joseph Byrd takes time to reflect on his experience in India. “It is important to live, learn, and move ahead; living in the past is a fruitless journey. I wait with bated breath to experience what happens next.”

13 Mar 2017    By Kari Eller

Student blogs highlight CYAF India study abroad

On Jan. 30, Child, Youth and Family Studies (CYAF) students Joseph Byrd, Kara Cruickshank, Sarah Erwin and Jessica Fetrow left behind family, friends and the comforts of their lives in Lincoln, as they boarded a plane headed to Jalgaon, India.

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Amanda Witte

09 Mar 2017    By Alyssa Amen | CYFS

Witte selected as Rural Futures Institute fellow

Amanda Witte, CYFS project manager, has been selected to participate in an inaugural fellows program through the University of Nebraska’s Rural Futures Institute. As one of 15 faculty fellows, Witte was selected for her contributions to rural communities through research.

“I am honored to be an RFI fellow,” Witte said. “I get to do a lot of really exciting work in rural communities, especially in schools. I’m passionate about rural because it is at the heart of so much of Nebraska, so much of the U.S. and so much of the world.”



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