Elizabeth Nicholls, MS won the 2014-15 Student Spotlight Award from the Society for Pediatric Psychology (APA Division 54).

Third year clinical psychology doctoral student, Stephanie Manasse, MS (mentor: Evan Forman) was awarded the 2014 Early Career Investigator Grant from the Obesity Society.

Congratulations to Stephanie Kerrigan (mentor: Meghan Butryn), doctoral candidate, the recipient of two awards for her abstract titled, "Distress Tolerance as a Predictor of Physical Activity Intentions and Engagement," to be presented at the 2014 meeting of the Obesity Society.

Hallie Espel was recently awarded the Obesity Society's Pat Simons Travel Grant, which is awarded to presenters at the Annual Meeting of the Obesity Society, based on the quality of the abstracts they submit.

Ambassador Joseph M. Torsella (Ret.) has been named Drexel University Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Public Policy for the duration of this academic year. He will contribute to the teaching and scholarship undertaken by Drexel’s Center for Public Policy, and in particular help advance the Center’s efforts to facilitate public policy discussion and debate in the region.

Congratulations to Evan Forman, PhD, of Drexel University, the recipient of the 2014 Weight Watchers Karen Miller‐Kovach Research Grant.

John A. Fry, President of Drexel University, announced that "Ambassador Joseph M. Torsella (Ret.) has been named Drexel University Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Public Policy for the duration of this academic year.

A first-authored paper by Aimee Hildenbrand (mentors: Brian Daly and Doug Chute) entitled "Increased risk for school violence-related behaviors among adolescents with insufficient sleep" was selected as a 2013 Top School Health Paper by the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on School Health (COSH).