Jul
13
2009
Beth Cauffman has received a grant from the MacArthur Foundation for her work entitled: Violation of Probation and Parole: How Much DMC is There in Parole/Probation Violations? She also received funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to examine out-of-school time in relation to cognitive, psychosocial, and behavioral outcomes among the youths from the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development who have been followed since birth and are now graduating from high school.
On March 8th, Beth Loftus appeared on a segment of CBS 60 Minutes. The show featured a visit to UCI where Leslie Stahl interviewed her in conjunction with a compelling story about wrongful convictions through eyewitness testimony. It can be seen at: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4852677n
Sal Maddi's work on Hardiness was acknowledged with articles in Newsweek (Who Says Stress is Bad for You?), the Wall Street Journal (Why Don't You Want to Die on a Sunday in Detroit?), and in USA Today (As Economic Fears Rise, Families on Verge of Unraveling). On April 25th, he will be giving an invited address on Hardiness as the Pathway to Resilience under Stress at the Western Psychological Association conference in Portland, Oregon.