2020-10-01 - When planning activities for courses, committee meetings, or other events, you may want to consult the Interfaith Religious Calendar to make sure you have maximum participation and to avoid unintentionally excluding members of religious groups from your events. The University has also provided ...

2020-09-29 - October 2 Seminar in Sociology Policed: Criminalization and the Policing of Public Housing Philip V. McHarris, Yale University 9 am, October 2, 2020  

2020-09-22 - This year's theme for the C-U Pride Festival is "Staying Apart, Rising United." To celebrate that feat, the organizers have assembled an amazing schedule of Virtual Events for you to enjoy this weekend. Including... A virtual workshop for clinicians about providing culturally competent care for trans patients.  It's being held on Saturday, 9/26 from 2:00-4:00pm.  Representatives...

2020-09-09 - Professor Wendy Heller along with 58 women psychologists, who are faculty members in Psychology and Neuroscience and related Departments across North America and Australia, have published an article on "The Future of Women in Psychological Science" in Perspectives on Psychological Science. In...

2020-07-16 - Professor Alejandro Lleras and colleagues at SPARK recently helped organize a new initiative so that under-represented scholars at all levels (undergraduate, graduate, postdoc and faculty members) can submit their manuscripts or grant proposals and get a "First Review" by a well-established member of our profession, prior to submitting the work to a journal or granting agency. The idea is to...

2020-07-15 - Professor Diane Beck along with her colleagues in Females of Vision et al. (FoVea) launched the FoVea Speaker List.

2020-06-01 - As a department actively devoted to addressing issues of racism, discrimination, intolerance and insensitivity, the University of Illinois Department of Psychology stands in solidarity with our Black community members as we acknowledge and mourn the unspeakable and untimely killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless other victims of police brutality and racist...

2020-05-08 - Earlier this Spring, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee hosted a contest open to all members of our community (undergrads, grads, faculty, and staff). The goal was to create uplifting imagery that reflected a shared sense of community and identity in our department, as well as our values of openness and inclusion.   These were the winning submissions.      ...

2020-04-02 - Join the Illinois Interfaith Committee as they host guest speakers in an interfaith dialogue about the ways we are making sense of and taking care of our communities in this time of social distancing. Rabbi Ari Naveh from the Cohen Center for Jewish Life/Hillel and Rev. Nate Brantingham from the Community United Church of Christ will be special guests. Due to continued precaution around COVID-19...

2020-04-01 - The Department of Psychology denounces the rise of anti-Asian (especially anti-Chinese) xenophobic profiling and racist attacks that are affecting many Asian Americans (particularly those who appear East Asian) across the nation.

The Department has finished renovating Room 638 on the 6th floor (The "Privacy Lounge").  It is available to students, faculty, and staff needing some private space in the department. This room includes all the comforts for breastfeeding/pumping and a fridge to store milk. Anyone needing access can request a key from the business office on the 3rd floor. Please send a request to...

2020-01-14 - The LGS-SOAR (Laney Graduate School - Summer Opportunity for Academic Research) program supports potential Laney Graduate School undergraduate applicants who wish to explore, experience and conduct full-time independent and mentored research for the...

2019-12-16 - In March 2018, a Steering Committee meeting for the Illinois Summit on Diversity in Psychological Science began a series of discussions about the future of diversity science. The 3-day event brought together nationally recognized leaders and emerging diversity scientists with the goal of transforming the way researchers think about diversity. The summit created a space for academic discussions...

2019-12-07 - Professor Diane Beck, along with a team of researchers from around the world, received a grant from the NSF to fund the activities of the Females of Vision et al. (FoVea). FoVea's mission is to promote the visibility, impact, and success of women in vision science. The NSF award will help them fund workshops and travel awards to the Vision Science Society, as well as maintain the group's...

2019-10-01 - On Thursday 09/26, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee hosted the Inclusive Psych Party, a party to promote inclusiveness among students, faculty, and staff within the department. Representatives from a number of organizations like Psychology Leaders, Undergraduate Neuroscience Society, the Association of Minority Psychologists, the Women's Resource Center, Social Justice Educator...