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18 Jan 2022

Dr. Patty Kuo Featured in WalletHub Article

CYAF assistant professor, Dr. Patty Kuo was recently featured in WalletHub’s article titled 2022’s Best & Worst States to Raise a Family, which compared the 50 states across 51 key indicators of family-friendliness. Kuo’s research is aimed at understanding the development and maintenance of healthy relationships in families with young children.

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16 Nov 2021 By Chuck Green, CYFS

Study examines bonds between babies, parents

Patty Kuo, assistant professor of child, youth and family studies, is leading a pilot project to explore how attachment security to mothers and fathers develops in a baby’s first 18 months — and how those attachment configurations predict outcomes in the child’s first three years.

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08 Nov 2021 By Chuck Green, CYFS

Youth Arise encourages youth civic engagement, entrepreneurship

Nebraska researchers are helping underserved youth expand their civic engagement, entrepreneurship and leadership skills to help them learn how to become involved in their community.

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18 Oct 2021 By Chuck Green, CYFS

Research aims to strengthen Head Start, Early Head Start educators’ well-being

Researchers aim to enhance the well-being of educators in Early Head Start and Head Start programs to support children’s engagement and eventual learning success.

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08 Oct 2021 By Haley Apel

Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory laid the foundation for Huskers’ educational success

Derek Branch feels his experience at Ruth Staples Child Development Lab helped set the tone for his success as a student in K-12 schools, and now as a first-year student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

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24 Sep 2021

Merten to participate in Big Ten leadership program

Michael Merten, professor and Chair of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies will participate in the Big Ten Academic Alliance Department Executive Officers Program this year.

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Person sitting outside, with a plate of vegetables on a picnic table.

17 Sep 2021 By Chuck Green, CYFS

Research digesting why children, vegetables don’t always mix

Researchers are working to better understand family child care home providers’ preparation and serving of vegetables, and their influence on children’s vegetable consumption.

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17 Aug 2021 By Chuck Green, CYFS

Mindfulness training available to Brazilian educators through CHIME

A Nebraska researcher is collaborating internationally to adapt compassion- and mindfulness-based programs developed in the U.S. to support caregivers, young children and college students in Recife, Brazil.

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09 Aug 2021 By Chuck Green, CYFS

Brazil research empowers vulnerable families, communities amid COVID-19 crisis

Nebraska researchers are collaborating intercontinentally to find ways to help vulnerable youth, communities in Brazil.

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02 Jun 2021

Joe John honored with CEHS Staff Star Award

Joe John, project associate in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, has been named the recipient of the latest Staff Star Award by the College of Education and Human Sciences Staff Council.

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