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Williams Ridge announced as the new Director of the Child Development Laboratory School

The Institute of Child Development is delighted to share an update on the search for the new Director position at the Child Development Laboratory School (CDLS). Following an open search, the search committee has unanimously recommended Sheila Williams Ridge as the new Director of the CDLS. Sheila is an internationally-renowned leader with over 20 years […]

Paper led by ICD graduate student Lauren Eales achieves top-citation designation

A paper led by ICD graduate student Lauren Eales was recently recognized as a top-cited article in the journal Child Development from 2021-2022. The paper “Children’s screen and problematic media use in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic” was a cross-lab collaboration between Dr. Gail Ferguson’s Culture and Family Life Lab and […]

ICD child life MA students receive internship placements

Students specializing in child life through ICD’s online MA in applied child and adolescent development continue to see success as they pursue careers supporting children and families in healthcare and community settings. The child life track will admit its 6th cohort of students this summer. In 2019, we were one of the first programs in […]

Ip awarded $100,000 PRISMH-MIDB Seed Grant Award

ICD Assistant Professor Ka I Ip, PhD, has been awarded a $100,000 Root Causes and Interventions for Mental Health Problems grant, which is jointly supported by the University of Minnesota President’s Initiative on Student Mental Health (PRISMH) and the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB). Ip’s proposal “Developmental pathways linking disparities in neighborhood quality […]

ICD MEd alum Kyra Ostendorf publishes Child Care Justice book

ICD alum Kyra Ostendorf (MEd ’00) recently hosted a book launch event at Campbell Hall for Child Care Justice, which she edited with noted early childhood advocate Maurice Sykes. Ostendorf spoke about the process she and Sykes undertook to conceptualize and edit the book, which features chapters from contributors in the fields of early childhood […]

Gunnar presents to Minnesota Senate joint hearing on early childhood issues

Megan Gunnar, PhD, Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the Institute of Child Development, recently testified to a joint Minnesota Senate hearing on early childhood issues. State Senator Melissa Wiklund, who chairs the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, convened a joint hearing on Feb. 2 with the Senate Education Finance Committee on […]

Paper from Ka I Ip recognized as finalist for Yale School of Medicine research excellence award

A paper from ICD’s newest assistant professor Ka I Ip, PhD, was recently recognized as a finalist for the Yale School of Medicine’s Office of Health Equity Research award for Yale Research Excellence in 2022. The paper “Associations among Household and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantages, Resting-state Frontoamygdala Connectivity, and Internalizing Symptoms in Youth” published in the […]

ICD PhD student authors MinnPost column on mental health effects of crime

ICD PhD 3rd year student Bria Gresham recently published an opinion piece in MinnPost’s Community Voices feature titled “It was a night like any other: A victim-oriented approach to crime in Minneapolis”. She shared the experiences of her husband, whose car was stolen and who was robbed at gunpoint while delivering pizzas within the span […]