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Dr. Hallam featured in WalletHub’s Best/Worst States to Have a Baby
August 8, 2016Dr. Rena Hallam was featured as an expert on WalletHub’s 2016 evaluation of the best and worst states to have a baby. She provided insight on the financial factors parents may want to take into account when planning to have a child as well as what mun …
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Faculty and graduate students travel to Greece
July 12, 2016In May 2016, a group of early childhood education faculty members, graduate students and the Interim Dean of CEHD traveled to Greece to visit the University of Patras and University of Athens. This trip fostered an international collaboration in early …
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Nadisha Downs is a Summer Research All-Star
July 12, 2016Nadisha Downs, a Human Services major, was featured on UD’s tumblr account along with other summer researchers. Nadisha was selected as a McNair’s Scholar and is working alongside Dr. Rob Palkovitz researching perceptions of fatherhood among urban Afri …
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ECE Students help develop toys for Lab Preschool
May 26, 2016During Spring 2016, Early Childhood Education majors collaborated with Mechanical Engineering students on a project to design and build developmentally appropriate toys for the children at the Laboratory Preschool. Months of collaboration between ECE a …
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Dr. Trask featured in WalletHub’s Best/Worst States for Working Mothers
May 10, 2016Dr. Bahira Trask was featured as an expert on WalletHub’s 2016 evaluation of the Best/Worst States for Working Mothers. Dr. Trask provided insight on the challenges and supports that impact work/life balance for working mothers.
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Dr. Perlman’s work continues on through homeless youth project
April 26, 2016Dr. Staci Perlman, Assistant Professor in HDFS, passed away unexpectedly in August 2015. Shortly before she passed away, she was awarded a grant through the William Penn Foundation to support her work studying the education of homeless youth. This gran …
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#UDAbroad Voices of Our Community series features Dr. Norma Gaines-Hanks
March 8, 2016Dr. Norma Gaines-Hanks was recently featured in a #UDAbroad Voices of Our Community video promoting the HDFS Study Abroad trips that she leads to South Africa and Barbados during winter sessions. Dr. Gaines-Hanks is a strong supporter of students being …
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NLCDD hosted an intensive seminar in Israel
March 1, 2016In February, Professors Steve Eidelman and Nancy Weiss, of the National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities, hosted a day-long seminar in Israel for 170 national leaders and officials to discuss the challenges that people with disabilit …
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Dr. Trask invited to speak at the United Nations session
February 19, 2016In February, Dr. Bahira Trask was asked at the United Nations 53rd session of the Commission on Social Development on “Work-Family Balance, Social Development, and the United Nations 2030 Agenda: The Recognition, Need, and Implementation of Culturally …
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Professor Nancy Weiss recognized for her efforts in the field of disabilities
February 18, 2016Professor Nancy Weiss, an HDFS faculty member and Director of the National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities, was recently announced as a recipient of the fellow status with the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental D …
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