News
November 19, 2025
Noreen Yazejian has been named associate director for research at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. Continuing in this role, which she previously held as interim, Yazejian supports research across the institute. She brings more than 30 years of experience and expertise to this role.
November 17, 2025
Lindsay Gomes, a research scientist at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, focuses her work on understanding the contextual factors that shape young children's social-emotional development within early care and education settings. As part of our FPG profile series, we recently spoke with her to learn more about her work at FPG. Find out what she had to say.
November 13, 2025
As part of our FPG Faculty Fellow profile series, we recently spoke with Dr. John Gilmore, the Thad and Alice Eure Distinguished Professor and vice chair for Research and Scientific Affairs in the Department of Psychiatry at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Find out about his professional journey, what keeps him motivated, and what being a faculty fellow at FPG means to him.
November 11, 2025
We spoke with some presenters and attendees at this year's International Early Childhood Inclusion Institute and will be sharing those conversations with you in a short series of articles over the coming weeks. In this article, you’ll hear from Sandy Flacke, the Maine Department of Education’s deputy director of the Office of Special Services and Inclusive Education and early childhood special education coordinator.
