Up-and-coming faculty in LAS expand how we think about scienc

Psychology undergraduate students presented their research at the annual Honors and Capstone Poster Fair on April 23, 2019.

Wendy Heller was selected as this year’s winner of the Executive Officer Distinguished Leadership Award.

In the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 16-year-old students in middle-track schools decide whether to stay in school to pursue an academic career or enroll in a vocational training program. A new study offers evidence that the path they choose influences their personality years later.

In many societies, teenagers are repeatedly told – by adults, peers and popular media – that teens are more likely than younger children to take risks, ignore their parents, skip schoolwork and succumb to bad influences. But stereotypes are not destiny, a new study of Chinese middle school students suggests.