This research examines how a cycle of poor nutrition has been created in the Frog Hollow neighborhood, an urban food desert, in Hartford, Connecticut. The absence of large chain grocery stores and the ubiquity of fast, high-fat, high-calorie...
Libraries -- Technological innovations; Mobile computing
Considering the year-over-year growth in mobile technologies, we came up with an idea about applying mobile oriented technologies within the Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) library website. The library mobile application is now fully...
College students -- Alcohol use -- United States -- Prevention
The present study examined the effects of brief prevention programs designed to address thoughts associated with alcohol abuse in college students. Interventions consistent with the social norm marketing and campus policy approaches were created...
Menus -- Health aspects; Food -- Labeling -- Health aspects; College students -- Nutrition; Human behavior -- Nutritional aspects
The present study examined menu labeling’s influence on college students’ caloric intake.
College students were grouped based on the type of fast-food menu calorie-labeling condition.
The total number of calories ordered by each student was...
Bullying in schools -- United States; Bullying -- United States -- Psychological aspects
School bullying impacts approximately 32% of adolescents in the United States. Peer victimization is linked to a number of adverse consequences for children and adolescents, including high rejection sensitivity, high social avoidance, and low...
Textile fabrics -- Latin America; Molas -- Latin America; Arpilleras -- Latin America
The purpose of this Special Project Thesis was to investigate how three select
groups of Latin American textile artists have used their art in their lives and bring these
findings to the public. I accomplished this through newsletters and a...
In the early 1960s, Canon Clinton R. Jones, Jr. of the Episcopal Church, assigned to Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut, became concerned about the plight of homosexuals and transgendered people. Alarmed by stories of the...
