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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...

2015-01-28 - Psychology graduate Andrew D. Case has been awarded the Vera S. Paster Award from the American Orthopsychiatric Association.

2015-03-09 - The recipient of this year's Psychology Department award for "Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student" is Jorge (Ivan) Hernandez.

2015-03-12 - Suvarna Menon, a doctoral student in the Clinical/Community program, has been selected as a 2015 honoree by the Women's Resources Center within the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations on campus in recognition of her invaluable work on behalf of women internationally. Suvarna works with Nicole Allen and is also an Instructor/Project Coordinator for the department's award-winning...

2015-05-12 - Andrew is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Duke Global Health Institute at Duke University. His 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).

2015-05-12 - Konrad Bresin (4th year Clinical/Community Student) received a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) through the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

2018-01-03 - Michael Perino and Daniel Storage have both been selected to receive this year's departmental award for outstanding undergraduate teaching by a teaching assistant.

2016-04-04 - Melody Buyokozer Dawkins, a current developmental psychology student, has been awarded an NSF Fellowship from the Graduate College. She is advised by Renee Baillargeon.

2016-07-05 - D. A. Briley's paper received the Fulker Award for best paper in Behavior Genetics published in 2015. The award is given out by the Behavior Genetics Association.

2016-09-02 - Are you interested in hearing the latest department news, learning more about what the University is doing for wounded veterans, or learning how you can get more involved with department and Alumni Advisory Board initiatives? If you are, we hope that you will join us for an informational webinar.

2017-01-30 - Six assistant professors have been recognized for their exceptional accomplishments in teaching and research as part of a new program to highlight and encourage the contributions of outstanding junior faculty in the College of LAS.

2017-01-30 - While most two-year-olds can recognize a range of nouns, such as the words that identify their parents, their siblings, and their favorite toys or foods, you certainly wouldn’t expect them to be able to grasp more advanced grammar—especially concepts like transitive and intransitive verbs.