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Maddie Fung, a 3rd year doctoral student in ICD, has been awarded a seed grant from the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB). Fung’s project “Understanding Pathways Between Chronic Stress, Puberty, and Functional Brain Development” received a two-year $20,000 grant. Congratulations Maddie!

New research released this summer from a 30-year study shows that individuals who experienced childhood trauma and adversity — known as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) — had improved long-term educational outcomes when they had also participated in a comprehensive early childhood education program.  The Chicago Longitudinal Study, directed by Dr. Arthur Reynolds at the University […]

The Institute of Child Development, Center for Early Education and Development (CEED), and the Child Development Laboratory School (CDLS) had a notable presence at the national Zero to Three LEARN conference, held in Minneapolis on September 19 and 20. The annual event brought together approximately 1,900 attendees from the fields of early childhood education, infant […]

Authentic Assessment is recommended practice because it allows educators to gain a holistic picture of a child's development. Our latest Tip Sheet is called Introducing It: The Authentic Assessment Cycle and Its Role in Early Childhood Education. It explores the Authentic Assessment cycle, and it explains how data is used to shape further instruction.

Please join us in welcoming ICD’s new class of PhD students. We are thrilled to have the following students join us at ICD and are looking forward to working with them across the next several years! Tyler Choate – Developmental Science Tyler comes to ICD with 10 years of experience as a speech-language pathologist and […]

The Institute of Child Development (ICD) would like to congratulate our 2023 PhD student graduates! In celebration of our students we’d like to take a look back at their time at ICD and learn more about what their next steps are. Lauren Eales “I will always be grateful to have worked under the mentorship of […]

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (09/05/2023) —University of Minnesota researchers are launching enrollment for the largest long-term study of early brain and child development in the United States. The HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) study, is now enrolling individuals from around the United States, including in Minnesota, who are in the second trimester of pregnancy. The University […]

Recent ICD graduate Magdalen “Maggy” Deschane (she/her) spent part of her summer at the RISE (Research Institute for Scholars of Equity) fellowship program at North Carolina Central University. She’s returning to ICD this fall as a Project Coordinator in Dr. Gail Ferguson’s Culture and Family Life Lab and continuing the year-long fellowship. Read more about […]

Awards Jasmine Banegas and Mirinda Morency were awarded the NIMH’s T32 Predoctoral Training Fellowship for 2023-24. Erika DeAngelis was awarded the CEHD Seashore Graduate Fellowship for the 2023-24 academic year. Emily Padrutt was a recipient of the 2023 American Psychological Association of Graduate Students Psychological Science Research Grant (PSRG). Padrutt also received the 2023-24 Masonic Institute for […]

Meet Barbara Vang! Barbara joined CEED in spring 2023 as Program/Project Specialist, a role that touches every aspect of CEED's work. In this Q & A, she reflects on what makes working with adult learners so inspiring, from lightbulb moments in bricks-and-mortar classrooms to the flow of interactions in virtual ones.