News

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.

2017-01-31 - The recipients of this year's Psychology Department award for "Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student" are Deborah Cronin and Pete Ondish. Please join me in congratulating them.

2017-04-11 - Cecilia Cheung, former graduate student of Eva Pomerantz and Assistant Professor at the University of California, Riverside,  received the Early Career Research Contributions Award from the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD).

2015-05-16 - Sam Krug received both his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is currently chairman and CEO of MetriTech, Inc., an educational testing company that works primarily with large-scale, state testing programs. He has published many articles, books, and tests. His articles and books all relate to issues in applied personality and educational...

2017-06-05 - Renee Baillargeon received the Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development award from the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD).

2017-07-07 - Frieder received the Psychometric Society 2017 Best Reviewer Award.

2017-07-14 - Gary Dell recently received a permanent appointment to the Center for Advanced Study.

2018-02-25 - The GEO has made a decision to strike beginning February 26th.

2018-07-10 - PS Rising Stars reflect the best and brightest of psychological science.

2019-01-16 - The purpose of this study is to determine how mothers’ depression calibrates their babies biological sensitivity to stress over time, and how this calibration translates into child emotional and behavioral problems.

2019-01-16 - The proposed research examines language comprehension differences across the two cerebral hemispheres and as a function of age in order to understand what factors characterize and promote effective language processing, not only for immediate comprehension but for the longer-term retention of verbal material.

2019-01-16 - Josh's American Psychological Foundation grant is titled "Age-of-onset and sex as vulnerability factors for relapse to methamphetamine-seeking via NMDA-NR2B receptor dysfunction in rats". His NIH grant is titled "Mechanisms of metabolic and cognitive dysregulation after combined alcohol and THC use."