Category: In-the-News

April 2, 2024 | Center for Children and Families. On April 3-4, UT Dallas alumni, faculty, staff, students, families, and friends are invited to join #TeamUTD to make an Olympic-sized impact on University programs with your gift! Your gift supports student training, culturally-responsive developmental science, and positive parent-child relationships. During Giving Days, your gift goes […]

March 16, 2024 | Center for Children and Families. The Center for Children and Families presents our 11th annual forum on “Owen Eras: Celebrating Connections” on Friday, April 19th at Communities Foundation of Texas. The Forum will feature keynote speaker Dr. Margaret O’Brien Caughy, Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Family Health Disparities at The University of Georgia. Dr. Caughy’s […]

February 6, 2024 | Center for Children and Families. The Center for Children and Families presents its 16th annual series of lectures, “The Owen Eras Tour.” Honoring outgoing CCF director Dr. Margaret T. Owen, the series will feature talks by local researchers working in areas of Dr. Owen’s long career and will include a tribute […]

December 7, 2023 | Center for Children and Families. Join the Center for Children and Families and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations for a Santa Sighting event at UT Dallas on Saturday December 9th! Take photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, meet the Grinch, and take advantage of all the family-friendly photo opportunities […]

August 14, 2023 | Center for Children and Families. CCF is now enrolling parents and children ages 0-3 for our Fall Play With Me programs at locations in Dallas, Plano, and Richardson. See the schedule here and enroll today!

July 25, 2023 | Center for Children and Families. Dr. Meghan Swanson, CCF faculty affiliate and assistant professor of psychology in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, is the corresponding author of a new study uncovering some of the most conclusive evidence yet that parents who talk more to their infants improve their babies’ brain development. “This paper is a step […]

May 15, 2023 | Center for Children and Families. CCF is now enrolling parents and children ages 0-3 for our summer Play With Me programs at locations in Dallas, Plano, and Richardson. See the schedule here and enroll today!

April 17, 2023 | Center for Children and Families. Giving Day is nearly here! Support CCF and our Play With Me and older siblings programs, giving children the gift of play! Your gift will go further on Wednesday (4/19) and Thursday (4/20): -Dr. Sylvia Allgaier will match all gifts to CCF, up to $1,000. -The […]

March 28, 2023 | Center for Children and Families. Applications for CCF’s National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program are now due by Saturday April 15th. The PAID year-long program provides local community college and UT Dallas students with developmental science training. Apply today!

March 8, 2023 | Center for Children and Families. The Center for Children and Families’ 15th annual spring lecture series to take place in April. Talks include information on building playful learning spaces in the community, promoting children’s social-emotional development, and supporting newly resettled refugee children and adolescents. All talks are available online via MS […]