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2017-02-23 - A professor of psychology at Illinois has been recognized as a rising star in her profession. Joey Cheng has been named a 2016 Association for Psychological Science Rising Star, an award reserved for outstanding psychological scientists in the earliest stages of their research careers. Cheng earned her doctoral degree from the...

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...

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