Graduate Program News

2020-05-09 - Cognitive Neuroscience Graduate Student Parham Mostame is one of seven graduate students awarded the 2020 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship.  He was chosen for his work investigating the role of alpha brain rhythms in attention and alertness.  The fellowship offers University of Illinois graduate students the opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary research at the Beckman...

2019-04-17 - Wendy Heller was selected as this year’s winner of the Executive Officer Distinguished Leadership Award. This is a reflection of the exemplary work Wendy does for our department and for the university. Please congratulate Wendy on this outstanding achievement.  

2019-03-01 - John Westbrook is a graduate student and teaching assistant for the Department of Psychology where he studies in the Clinical Community Psychology Program. Westbrook has taught PSYC 238: Psychopathology and Problems in Living, every semester since Fall 2015. Westbrook has become known for his strong interest and...

2015-03-12 - Suvarna Menon, a doctoral student in the Clinical/Community program, has been selected as a 2015 honoree by the Women's Resources Center within the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations on campus in recognition of her invaluable work on behalf of women internationally. Suvarna works with Nicole Allen and is also an Instructor/Project Coordinator for the department's award-winning...

2015-05-12 - Andrew is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Duke Global Health Institute at Duke University. His research examines: a) the impact of marginality on the health and life outcomes of ethnic minority populations, and b) the collective processes by which members of these populations are resilient in the face of marginality (e.g., counterspace involvement).

2016-04-04 - Melody Buyokozer Dawkins, a current developmental psychology student, has been awarded an NSF Fellowship from the Graduate College. She is advised by Renee Baillargeon.

2017-01-31 - The recipients of this year's Psychology Department award for "Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student" are Deborah Cronin and Pete Ondish. Please join me in congratulating them.