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2018-08-29 - Robert Wickesberg is honored with a retirement party on August 28th for his dedication to the department of Psychology.

2018-06-25 - Despite recent progress identifying specific brain regions and personality traits, it remains unclear whether there are common factors underlying the structural aspects of the brain and the personality traits that, in turn, protect against symptoms of emotional distress.

2017-03-23 - US News has ranked the Psychology department #7 in the nation.

2018-07-25 - The study titled, "Prestige in a large-scale social group predicts longitudinal changes in testosterone" examined the effects of previous experiences of prestige—assessed using community-wide nominations of talent and advice provision—on intraindividual changes in testosterone in a large-scale naturalistic community.

2018-08-03 - The Department of Psychology of the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana announces the establishment of the Pola and Harry Triandis Fellowship in Cross-Cultural Psychology.

2017-09-18 - Diane Beck has been awarded the Charles W. Erickson Professorial Scholar award.

2017-04-14 - Ajayi’s multitude of  fans have also anointed her as one of the most distinctive and popular bloggers in the country, with 500,000 readers every month, 272,000 likes on her Facebook page, and 187,000 followers on Twitter—and counting.

2016-11-21 - Roberts is a professor of psychology in the field of personality psychology. He studies continuity and change in personality throughout adulthood, with an emphasis on understanding the factors that influence change.

2018-12-06 - Dolores Albarracin and Sally Chan (Co-Investigator) receive R01 from NIMH. Congratulations!

2019-01-16 - Congratulations to Ranxiao Frances Wang for being a Co-Investigator on the NSF Grant, "SYNDROME: Synergetic Drone Delivery Network in Metropolis." If you would like to read more information on his work, click the link below. Synergetic Drone Delivery Network in Metropolis

2016-05-16 - The Diversity Committee with the support from Department leadership and administration hosted this event. There have been multiple incidents of intolerance on campus recently: swastikas, the noose, anti-immigrant chalking, white student union website, and offensive party costumes. Current Action: In order to show solidarity with those directly targeted by these actions; In order to express our...

2017-01-01 - These lectures are designed to engage the campus in healthy dialogues surrounding the issues of equity and diversity on and off campus. For more information:dean's-distinguished-lecture-series

2018-01-15 - March 26-28, 2018 The Illinois Summit on Diversity in Psychological Science is intended to bring together nationally recognized and emergent psychological scientists whose work focuses on issues relevant to the science of diversity, broadly defined. The overarching aim of this Summit is to set a new agenda for research in psychological science that will transform the way we think about diversity...

2018-10-13 - Who:Graduate and undergraduate students When: October 13, 2018 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Where: Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI Conference events will include: Meeting faculty who are conducting cutting-edge research in diversity-related areas of psychology. Learning how to maximize the appeal of your application to a graduate...