Family Link

Family Link is a semiannual publication designed to keep you up-to-date about the accomplishments and activities of the Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families. We encourage you to explore our web site for more in-depth information about our research and the many programs we co-sponsor with other academic departments and organizations throughout the year.

Fall 2018 Issue

• From the Director
• Welcome Dr. Melissa Delgado
• Welcome Dr. Dan McDonald
• Donor Spotlight: Dr. Beverly Ann Mitchell
• Graduate Student Highlights
• Congratulations Graduates
• A Year in Review​
• Community Conversations with Researchers
• In Memoriam
• Congratulations
• And much more!

Summer 2017 Issue

• From the Director
• Welcome Dr. Katharine Zeiders!

• Graduate Student Highlights
• Congratulations Graduates
• From Research to Practice
  • ​Project Semilla​
  • Community Conversation
  • ASPIRE
  • Kindness In Action Speaker Series
• New Funding from the Spencer Foundation
• Faculty Research Updates

Spring 2015 issue 

• Welcome HAIRI, New Institute Initiative
• Examining the Health and Well-being of Three Generations of LGB People
• From the Director
• McClelland Institute Welcomes Visiting Scholars
  
  • N. Büsra Akçabozan from Ankara, Turkey
  • Salvatore Ioverno from Rome, Italy
• Postdoctoral Research Fellows Join Institute
  
  • Dr. Danielle DelPriore
  • Dr. Jack Day
  • Dr. James P. Thing
• Building Strong Families
• National Research Plan for Adolescent Health

Fall 2014 issue 

• Building the Science of Kindness
• First Things First Early Childhood Summit 2014
• From the Director
• Institute Researchers Examine Nutrition and Food Security in Rural Arizona
• ASPIRE Project Offers Support to After School and Youth Programs
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow Joins Institute with NSF Funding
• Doctoral Student Receives Doris Duke Fellowship
• Graduate Student Attends International Summer School in Adolescent Development
• Institute Researchers Examine Adaptation to Climate Change and Family Stress
• Cooperative Extension Celebrates 100 years!

Summer 2014 Issue 

• Infant Mental Health Is Focus of 2014 World Congress
• Project Lifeline Offering Support to UA Students
• From the Director
• Student Research Presented at Society for Research on Adolescence Conference
• Norton Graduate Students Head for Summer Institute, Internship
• Student Researchers attend Society for Research in Child Development
• Undergraduate Students Gain Experience and FSHD Education through the Internship and Practicum Program

Spring 2014 Issue 

• New National Science Foundation Grants
• Adult Emotional Processes
  • Fathers’ Influence on Daughters
• From the Director
• Ph.D. Student Visits Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Fall 2013 Issue

• Data to Strengthen Arizona’s Communities
• From the Director
• Ann Mastergeorge Appointed by the CDC as “Act Early” Ambassador for Arizona
• Saying Goodbye to Cigdem Topcu
• Welcome Back, Bo Cleveland and Cathleen Hunt Norton School Visiting Faculty
• Welcome Jason Rivera Program Coordinator for the Frances McClelland Institute
• Welcome Laura Baams Visiting Scholar from Utrecht University in Netherlands
• Institute Researcher Awarded Funds to Study Peer Victimization

Winter 2013 Issue

• Kind Kids and Kind Campuses: Partnering with Ben's Bells Project to Measure Kindness in Schools
• Frances McClelland Institute Open House
• Evelyn Carswell-Bing Receives the 2012 Frances McClelland Vision Award
• Bullying in Tucson Public Schools: Rates, Reasons, Prevention Programs, and Recommendations
   

Fall 2012 Issue

• Emily Butler, Ph.D., Receives Grant to Study Factors Involved in Obesity
• Snapp Receives Grant to Study School-to-Prison Pipeline
• An Intern's Perspective of the Crossroads Collaborative
• A Message from the MRP Preseident - Moving Research Into Practice Student Group Plans Depression Research
• 2012-2013 Pamela J. Turbeville Speaker Series

Summer 2012 Issue

• Reducing Young Adults' Financial Stress, Debt Levels at Heart of New Research
• NIFA/USDA Grant to Strengthen Families, Improve Lives of Low-Income Families Across Arizona
• Educational Interventions for Students with Autism
• Crossroads Collaborative: Community Partner Feature

Winter 2012 Issue

• Undergraduates Translate Research into Community Benefit
• Why is Suicide Risk in LGBT Youth so High?
• AUTISM: Early Intervention Key