Agricultural and Resource Economics Professor Tatiana Andreyeva named Director of Economic Initiatives at UConn's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health. Her research on food policy and child nutrition focuses on the role of economic incentives in food choices and diet, with a particular focus on fiscal policy (taxes and subsidies) and federal food assistance programs. Recently completed projects include an evaluation of Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) on academic and health outcomes and school meal costs and a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of fiscal policies on foods and non-alcoholic beverages.

The Rudd Center also welcomes two ARE graduate students as Summer Research Assistants: Mengji Li and Luis Seoane Estruel Sr.