Allegra Abrams, a Textiles and Fashion Design major at the School of Human Ecology, debuts her gender-neutral clothing line “Love To The People” at PacSun.
Navsaria Elected Chair of American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Early Childhood (AAP; Navsaria)
An Historic Achievement: Human Ecology Dean Soyeon Shim Invested with the Elizabeth Holloway Schar Deanship
Soyeon Shim, PhD, Dean of the School of Human Ecology, has achieved one of the highest honors in academia: an endowed deanship, made possible by a collaborative group of visionary donors. This marks the first …
Toward Risk-Benefit Assessments in Psychedelic- and MDMA-Assisted Therapies (JAMA Psychiatry; Raison)
Research on the benefits of psychedelic and MDMA-assisted treatments may result in new challenges. As this concept is explored, experts, including Professor Charles Raison (Human Ecology’s Mary Sue and Mike Shannon Distinguished Chair for Healthy Minds, Children and Families), weigh in key considerations.
Learning to cope: COVID-19 exacerbates growing youth mental health challenges (Capital Times; Thomas)
Throughout the past two years of isolations and chances of illness due to COVID imposed a lot of stress on people. Experts, including Assistant Professor Alvin Thomas, discuss growing mental health challenges among youth.
Alumna Huntington leads an in-depth look at the stories of Historic Germantown
Cooking school lunches from scratch can fix labor and supply issues (Washington Post; Gaddis)
School cafeterias are losing funding, resulting in a decrease in healthy meals available for students. Associate Professor Jennifer Gaddis (Jane Rafferty Thiele Faculty Fellow) advocates that cooking from scratch offers a solution to this issue by enabling the farm-to-school supply chain.
Advocacy initiative dedicated to state’s youngest children, families set to make lasting impact (WisBusiness; Navsaria)
Raising Wisconsin is an advocacy group working to change early care, education and well-being of Wisconsin’s infants and toddlers. Clinical Associate Professor Dipesh Navsaria commented on how vital programs like these are to our community.
School of Human Ecology Student Dawry Ruiz Named National 2022 Truman Scholar
Human Ecology student Dawry Ruiz was honored with the esteemed Harry S. Truman Scholarship, which will allow him to continue his education and community service in a Master’s program.