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Blog: 2023/06

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What are the Rights of Adolescents?

June 26, 2023

Science journalist Lydia Denworth concluded our second annual Adolescent Brain Development Symposium by asking Julie Maslowsky, PhD, and Emily Buss, JD, about society’s responsibility towards adolescents and how that translates into rights.

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How should we think about adolescent agency and responsibility?

June 20, 2023

At our second annual Symposium on Adolescent Brain Development, science journalist Lydia Denworth spoke with BJ Casey, PhD, Professor at Barnard College and Columbia University, and Joanna Visser Adjoian, JD, Senior Program Officer at Spring Point Partners, about how we should think about adolescent agency and responsibility, particularly as it relates to juvenile justice.

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How can we support the unique developmental needs of adolescents?

June 12, 2023

Science journalist Lydia Denworth spoke with Dylan Gee, PhD, Associate Professor, Yale University and Shimica Gaskins, JD, President and CEO, GRACE/End Child Poverty CA to tackle the second question at our second annual Brain Development Symposium.

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What Lessons Have We Learned from Communicating the Science of Early Childhood?

June 2, 2023

At our second annual Brain Development Symposium, science journalist Lydia Denworth spoke with Judy Cameron, University of Pittsburgh, and Phil Fisher, Stanford University, about their work at the Harvard Center on the Developing Child, and the lessons they learned about communicating developmental science effectively to the public.

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