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.

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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

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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

• New book: Preventing Adolescent Depression and Suicide Among Latinas: Resilience Research and Theory

​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

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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fall 2011

Fall 2011 Issue

• The Kids' Court School
• Internship Insights
• First Things First: Data Support Youngest Arizonans
• Back From Rwanda: An Inside Look at the Primate Studies Field Course
• Reflections on the EARA-SRA Summer School

 

 

 

 

Spring 2011

Spring 2011 Issue

• Crossroads Collaborative:How do Youth Perceive Their Own Sexuality?
• Michele Walsh: Using Data to Make a Difference
• New Early Childhood Initiative: Prevention, Early Intervention, Risk, Resilience
• New Book: Decade Review of Adolescence Research​

 

 

 

 

 

Winter 2011

Winter 2011 Issue

• New Primate Studies Field School: Summer 2011
• Noel Card, Ph.D., Receives Grants for Bullying Research
• Institute to Host Prestitgious EARA/SRA Summer School
• Institute Sponsors the Next I.A.R.R. Mini-Conference

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Fall 2010

Fall 2010 Issue

• New Book Helps Families and Caregivers Cope with Cancer
• Graduate Research Associate Receives National Research Awar
• National Grants Fund Research To Help Children, Youth, & Families at Risk
• Building Partnerships for Youth Welcomes New Project Director

 

 

 

 

 

Summer 2010

Summer 2010 Issue

• Summer Program Offers Opportunities To Connect Students with Arizona Communities
• New Book Debunks Myths about Parenting Practices of Asian Americans
• FSHD Undergraduate Leaders Appointed to New Advisory Group
• UNLV Law Professor to Create Pima County Kids’ Court School
• Postdoc Launches Free Stats Consulting Program

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Winter 2010

Winter 2010 Issue

• Visiting Scholar Shares Expertise on Rape Prevention
• Catherine A. Marshall, Ph.D., Joins McClelland Institute
• Six Themes Emerge from Evolution Institute Adolescence Workshop
• Building Partnerships for Youth Announces Selections for 2010 "Spotlighting Positive Youth Development" Project

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Summer 2009

Summer 2009 Issue

• UA Dedicates Institute To Frances H. McClelland
• Research Link Makes Debut at the Institute Dedication
• Nadine Mathis Basha Receives Vision Award at Dedication
• Summer School Students Plan to 'Monkey Around'
• Institute Receives $200K Ford Foundation Grant
• Adolescence in the 21st Century Subject of Pre-Dedication Event
• Evolution Institute Adolescence Workshop