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2024-10-08 - Assistant Professor Violeta J. Rodriguez has been awarded the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s DP5 Early Independence Award from the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.  The Early Independence Award is designed for exceptional junior scientists who have recently completed their doctoral degrees, allowing them to bypass traditional postdoctoral training...

2024-09-11 - Join us on Friday, September 20th, at 4:00 p.m. at the Campus Instructional Facility Auditorium as we welcome Dr. Mitch Prinstein, the Chief Science Officer of the American Psychological Association.  He will be present his talk titled, "Social...

2024-09-09 -     Assistant Professor Susu Zhang has received funding under an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) research grant awarded to Digital Promise and UIUC to conduct a project entitled, "Analysis of NAEP Mathematics Process, Outcome, and Survey Data to Understand Test-Taking Behavior and Mathematics Performance of Learners with Disabilities". The National Assessment of Educational...

2024-09-03 - Associate Professor Dan Hyde and co-investigator Assistant Professor Bo Zhang have received a 5-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study the relationship between brain and cognitive development in the context of early numeracy in children from 3 to 6 years of age. We asked Professor Hyde to tell us more about this exciting and ambitious project...

2024-09-03 - Professor Kimberly Rios, PhD student Alexis Morales, and collaborator Michael Zarate at the University of Texas at El Paso have received a grant from the University of Pennsylvania's Adversarial Collaboration Project. Funded originally by the Koch Foundation (which gave a sub-award to UPenn), the project brings together researchers who have competing/opposing hypotheses...

2024-08-26 - We are delighted to welcome Professor Steve Maren as the Director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Can you briefly share your academic and professional background that led you to the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign? I started my journey as a Psychology undergraduate at the University of Illinois that...

2024-08-26 - We are thrilled to welcome Associate Professor Caterina Gratton to the Department of Psychology faculty as of Fall 2024! Dr. Gratton is primarily affiliated with the Cognitive Neuroscience area. Can you briefly share your academic and professional background that led you to the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign? I am originally from...

2024-08-20 - Professor Eleanor Seaton is a Co-Investigator on a grant from the NIH’s National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism examining the etiology of alcohol use among racially-ethnically diverse populations using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. The team is using a developmentally and culturally informed approach to study gene-environment interaction (G x E)...

2024-08-20 - Assistant Professor Dominik Mischkowski has received a National Science Foundation grant to study the role of physical pain sensitivity in regulating intimate relationship processes, specifically, perceptions of a partner being understanding, validating, and caring. The grant will support two studies (one lab experiment, one longitudinal field experiment) to test the hypothesis that...

2024-08-16 - The Human Resources & Psychology Organization (HRPO) is a Registered Student Organization (RSO) with a mission to foster a platform for developing essential business and interpersonal skills rooted in psychology, paving the way for professional success. Established in 2019, HRPO has opened valuable opportunities through its networking abilities, leading its members to secure internships with...

2024-08-09 - Athena Thai won first place at the Illinois Summer Research Symposium for her Undergraduate Research Talk, "Challenges to Implementing Trauma-Informed Practices: Serving Students of Color in School-Based Settings." The Illinois Summer Research Symposium is the culminating program that features cutting-edge research, achievement, and creativity by summer scholars. Nearly 140...

2024-07-08 - Quantitative Psychology doctoral candidate Hyunjoo Kim has been honored with the highly coveted Research Fellowship for Doctoral Students, sponsored by the Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Sytems (ATLAS) program at the Achievement & Assessment Institute of the University of Kansas. ATLAS, a program that significantly impacts student learning, promotes learning and improved...

2024-05-15 - In every workplace, there are unsung heroes who tirelessly contribute to the success of their teams. On May 11th, Melissa Odom was honored with the prestigious Departmental Staff Award, spotlighting her remarkable achievements and contributions. We took this opportunity to chat a bit and learn more about Melissa and her secret recipe for staying motivated and shining brightly on floor three....

2024-04-23 - Laura Hernandez has been honored with a three-year Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This prestigious fellowship is awarded to promising graduate students with outstanding potential for significant research contributions in their respective fields.  The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is highly competitive, with thousands of applicants...

2024-04-10 - Sylvia E was honored with the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious award established by Congress in 1986 to honor Senator Barry M. Goldwater's legacy. Nationally, only 438 students were chosen from the 1,353 nominees to receive this esteemed award. The University of Illinois is proud to be one of only eight institutions with five awardees. Sylvia is currently majoring in brain and...