The Child Development Lab at 100: Celebrating a legacy of helping children and families thrive

UW–Madison is celebrating 100 years of the School of Human Ecology’s Child Development Lab, one of the first university-based preschool laboratories of its kind in the U.S. The state-of-the-art facility, located on the UW–Madison campus …

Experts say early relationships are key to thriving kids — and lifelong health

What is “early relational health”? It’s a relatively new term for a long-held concept: Relationships are the biological foundation of child development, and when those bonds are healthy and stable, they create the best conditions …

Human Ecology welcomes new faculty and instructional staff in 2025

The School of Human Ecology is excited to welcome four new faculty and three new instructional staff members to campus this fall. These scholars and lecturers bring interdisciplinary expertise in areas like fathering and child …