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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.

Meet CEED's Implementation Specialist Molly Hughes and learn about her work on observations and coaching for educators, trainers, and RBPD specialists.

Dear ICD community & friends, It is with deep sadness that I share that our dear colleague and friend, Professor Emeritus Dr. Willard (Bill) Hartup passed away over the weekend at the age of 95. Bill was recruited to the Institute of Child Development as an Associate Professor in 1963 after eight years at the […]

Research shows that music enrichment can positively impact children's development in several important areas. Learn about the evidence and get practical strategies to integrate music into your interactions with young children.

Dr. Megan Gunnar, PhD, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, recently attended her formal induction ceremony into the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in Washington, D.C. Gunnar was one of 120 members and 30 international members elected to the NAS in 2022. She was also invited to present at the Research Briefings held during the 160th Annual […]

ICD Associate Professor Gail Ferguson and team have been awarded a $599,932 grant from the William T. Grant Foundation to advance their award-winning research into White parents’ racial identity and how they socialize their children on the topics of race, racism, and antiracism. The grant will fund a three-year longitudinal mixed methods study of CARPE […]

The new home of the Institute of Child Development, Carmen D. and James R. Campbell Hall, is ushering in a new era for ICD’s hallmark programs—human development and early childhood education. But buildings are only as good as the people working inside them, and a cohort of ICD alumni has come together to help ensure […]

Learn about the key skills described by the term executive function, as well as the role of culture and context in shaping children's behavior in different environments. Then gain practical strategies for supporting the development of executive function skills in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

Lauren Eales, a PhD student in developmental psychopathology and clinical science, and Mariann Howland, a PhD student in developmental and clinical psychology, both in the Institute of Child Development (ICD), are two of 110 doctoral students within the U.S. and Canada selected to receive a prestigious $20,000 PEO Scholar Award from the PEO Sisterhood. Eales […]