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“Always and forever, for Frankie.” Those are the words Dr. Pamela Morris-Perez used to end her lecture, “The Scarlet Letter ‘S’: Reclaiming Humanity & Hope for Teen Suicide,” as part of the Center for Child and Family Policy’s Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture Series.

The recent CCFP Career Series panel brought together five certificate alumni at different stages in their professional careers. Working across fields in social policy research, health technology, education, and post-graduate studies, the panel offered current Duke students advice and a conversation about life after Duke.

Duke University has received a $10.5 million award from Bukhman Philanthropies to support the Center for Child and Family Policy’s groundbreaking research on improving the well-being of children and families.

By Katelyn Tran, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Duke University The ability to recognize emotions in the facial expressions of others is a critical skill that shapes children’s relationships, social interactions, and capacity to regulate behavior. Yet, different home environments can prevent children from developing this ability equality, creating lasting disparity.  In a newly completed study, a…

Interacting with Dr. Jennifer Lansford and Dr. Ann Skinner, Dr. Rose Opiyo visited Duke’s Center for Child and Family Policy, delivering a lecture titled, ‘Developmental Outcomes, Drivers, and Interventions: A Focus on At-Risk Children and Adolescents in Kenya,’.

Dr. Whitney McCoy was honored with an annual Samuel DuBois Cook Society award, honoring research and service that reflect the social activism and leadership of Samuel DuBois Cook, the University’s first Black faculty member.

On November 19, the School Research Partnership at Duke in the Center for Child and Family Policy hosted its annual “Conducting Research in Schools” panel discussion.

The Duke Center for Child and Family Policy recently welcomed guest speaker Bryan Samuels, executive director of Chapin Hill, as part of the Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture Series.

Food assistance programs specifically earmarked toward subsidizing household food costs such as SNAP and WIC have positive effects on infant health and school achievement and reduce behavioral problems in school, promoting a range of health and educational benefits in the short- and long-term. 

This article dives into how climate change affects children’s physical and psychological well-being, highlighting 3 strategies to help combat this.