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Welcome Soonjin Lee to Floor Three
It is a bittersweet feeling when a long time employee retires. You miss interacting with a familiar and welcoming colleague, but you are happy for them to start the next chapter of their lives. Then comes the wave of anticipation as someone new comes into the fold. Soonjin Lee has recently...
Three undergrads begin their summer at the Mayo Clinic
Three of our undergraduate students have been selected to begin summer programs at the Mayo Clinic this summer via the Mayo Clinic & Illinois Alliance for Technology-Based Healthcare.Read their full bios and learn about the other students selected in this...
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Sign up for PSYCH Online Courses This Summer!
Courses are offered during the following timeframes below.Session 1 - (5/18-6/12) Session 18 - (5/18-7/10)  Session 2 - (6/15-8/6)PSYC 100: Intro Psych (Session 1 and 18)PSYC 201: Intro to Social Psych (Session 1 and 2)...
Psychology Career Expo
 The Registered Student Organization, "Women In Psychology" are hosting a Psychology Career Expo on Saturday, April 18, from noon to 3 p.m.We reached out to one of the co-creators, Veronica Sakowicz, to give you all the bullet points you need to enjoy this wonderful event. "A lot of students (...
Professor Kim Rios and Doctoral Student Mazyar Bagherian Receive Grant to Study Christians' Representation in Science
Professor Kimberly Rios and doctoral candidate Mazyar Bagherian have received the 2026-27 Louisville Institute's Grant for Researchers. This $55,000 award supports scholars and researchers across a range of disciplines who are engaged in work that advances understanding of American Christianity....
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Alumni Spotlight

Susan (Bergfeld) Williams (BS'76)

When I applied to the University of Illinois as a high school senior, I was planning to be a math teacher. Then a co-worker at the local fast food restaurant where I worked after school brought her psychology textbook along to work one evening, and I was hooked. My small rural high school didn’t offer a psychology class, so this was my first exposure to the subject. I quickly switched my major to Psychology with plans to combine this new interest with my love of education and become a school psychologist. What I did not fully appreciate during my undergraduate years at the University of...

Psychology Research at Illinois

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Recent award winner

Simona Buetti

Research Associate Professor, Simona Buetti has swept the undergraduate teaching awards at the University of Illinois! She picked up the "Mabel Kirkpatrik Hohenboken Award" at the departmental level, revamping PSYC 230 & 355 to make them more accessible and adaptable for her students. Next, she was honored with the "Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Instructional Staff Award" from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. “(Research associate professor) Buetti is not only responsible and caring, but also deeply committed to helping her students succeed. She always...