News
April 15, 2024
Congratulations to FPG Faculty Fellow and Founding Director of FPG's Equity Research Action Coalition Iheoma Iruka, PhD, Danielle Allen, PhD, a project director at the Coalition and TK Musa, a graduate research assistant working with the Coalition on receiving the Best Article Award from Theory into Practice.
April 11, 2024
Children who live in areas with natural spaces (e.g., forests, parks, backyards) from birth may experience fewer emotional issues between the ages of 2 and 5, according to a study funded by the NIH Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program. Nissa Towe-Goodman, PhD, a research scientist at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, lead this collaborative research.
April 8, 2024
The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is pleased to announce that the teacher approved app, My STEM Adventure, is a 2024 EdTech Awards Cool Tool Finalist in the STEM (science, tech, engineering, math) solution category.
Organized by EdTech Digest, the EdTech awards program is the world's largest for recognizing the biggest names―and those who soon will be―in education technology.
April 3, 2024
FPG Faculty Fellow Dara Chan, ScD, focuses her research on improving community participation, integration, and inclusion for autistic adults and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Chan, who is an assistant professor in the Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling in UNC’s Department of Health Sciences, often collaborates with FPG colleagues.
