- 2015-08-15 - Andrew’s 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). Andrew was mentored by Carla...Posted:
2018-11-15 - Almost 150 students in the College of LAS receive more than $500,000 in scholarship awarded through 51 different college-level scholarship funds for the 2018-19 school year. The recipients and donors were honored...Posted:
2018-11-30 - Three minutes or less. In the time it takes for your favorite song to play, University of Illinois graduate students recently showcased their remarkable research to a panel of judges at the fourth annual Research Live! competition at Illinois.Posted:
2018-12-10 - 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.Posted:
2019-02-13 - Sarah Challand, an accounting associate for the Department of Psychology, is being recognized for her particularly noteworthy efforts in advancing the mission of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences in 2018-19.Posted:
2019-02-27 - 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...Posted:
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...Posted:
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...Posted:
2018-08-29 - Robert Wickesberg is honored with a retirement party on August 28th for his dedication to the department of Psychology.Posted:
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.Posted:
2017-03-23 - US News has ranked the Psychology department #7 in the nation.Posted:
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...Posted: