Fall 2010

New Integrated Model of How Stress Affects the Brain and Body
Stressors are a common occurrence for most people…but how much is too much? How does the stress process work and why are so many illnesses linked to stress? A new model helps explain the links.

Where Learning Occurs Matters: Aging Schools Linked to Poorer Student Outcomes
Low building quality and high student mobility negatively affect student achievement; both conditions are more often found in low-income districts.

Learning About How Young Children Learn. “Babies and children are like little scientists. They gather evidence by observing and experiencing the world,” says Tamar Kushnir. Her research sheds light on how young children learn about cause and effect through everyday experiences

Explaining the complicated women + math formula

For older adults, there’s no place like home

Savin-Williams sets media straight about today’s gay youth

Decisions, decisions: Theme project scholars collaborate on judgment, decision making, social behavior

CITY Project is featured on federal youth website

Start-up PROSPER Grant to help New Yorkers reduce risky teen behaviors

Students in the News

HD Major and Other Students Volunteer with Elderly Alli Bosserman ’11, HD major and gerontology minor, visits Yvonne Smith nearly every week.

NYC 4H Student Selected to Attend World Food Prize Symposium Lazarus Lynch, a 4H student in New York City, was selected as one of four exceptional student finalists in the World Food PrizeInstitute.