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2021-10-09 - Sometimes it is just easier to consume media when you are walking to class, doing the laundry, or cooking a meal... Therefore, our department will be introducing a new podcast in the spring semester titled, "Sixth and Daniel." Primarily the podcast will be alumni-focused. It will highlight our many accomplished grads that once called the psych building "home." It will also cover pertinent...

2021-11-23 - This annual award honors a scholar whose work bridges educational measurement and some other significant area of research (e.g., assessment policy, learning theory, curriculum and instruction) and has resulted in a widespread positive impact on the field of educational measurement. These contributions may include theoretical or technical developments, conceptualizations of educational measurement...

2021-11-13 - Clinical-Community Program Community Seminar hosted a talk given by Dr. Nkiru Nnawulezi on Nov. 12th titled, “Reflection on Increasing Access to Safe Housing for Unhoused Black Women Who Survived Intimate Partner Violence.”  Dr. Nkiru Nnawulezi is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Affiliate Faculty at Yale School of Public Health. She earned...

2021-10-28 - Julia Spielmann has earned Special Recognition in Graduate Leadership by the UIUC Graduate College, celebrating her outstanding service and positive impact on campus and in broader communities.

2021-10-27 - New work by professor Yihao Liu and graduate student Fan Xuan demonstrate that how employees ask for help is associated with differences in how competent their coworkers’ perceive them to be and how their supervisors evaluate their job performance.

2021-10-20 - The Society for Psychophysiological research has named Professors Kara Federmeier, Monica Fabiani, and Gabriele Gratton as Fellows of the society. This honor recognizes them as experts and leaders in the field of psychophysiology and highlights the contributions each has made in shaping current knowledge about the interconnections between physiology and psychology.

2021-10-08 - The Partnerships in Equity, Access, and Representations in STEM (PEAR-STEM) project addresses inequities in preparation for STEM careers among K-12 students by attempting to identify ways to improve preparation among Black and Latinx students. University of Illinois psychology and engineering faculty partner with Champaign-Urbana community organizations and initiatives, the Chicago Pre-...

2021-10-04 - Professor Monica Fabiani has been selected to receive the Campus Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award. The award recognizes the vital role senior faculty members play in fostering the careers of junior faculty.

2021-08-23 - Dr. Carla Hunter received an award from The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for her project "Implementation and Sustainability of the ASPIRE Program." ASPIRE stands for, Ambitions and Stories of young People Inspiring Resilience and Excellence. Strength and resilience among Black youth and their families in the face of marginalization and dehumanization can...

2021-12-08 - We are proud to announce the following grants have been recently awarded to faculty in the Psychology Department.

2021-09-11 - New research led by professor Sepideh Sadaghiani and graduate student Maximillian Egan outlines the most effective approaches to reduce unwanted noise and ensure participant safety in the most advanced neuroimaging protocols to-date.

2021-08-08 - The New Frontiers Initiative, in collaboration with the Blue Waters Project, recently selected their 2021 New Frontiers Graduate Fellows. Fellows receive a stipend, tuition allowance, travel funds, and the use of the powerful Blue Waters computing system to advance their Ph.D. research. Rachel's project, entitled "A Computational...

2021-08-24 - We contacted Ted to discuss the Korean Liberal Arts Student Organization (KLASO) and how it helped bind him to the campus and other students through the challenging COVID circumstances. Ted is a Senior in our Clinical-Community program and has recently been named President of the organization.    1 - Could you briefly describe the objectives of the Korean Liberal...

2021-08-23 - Join the Beckman community on Thursday, Sept. 2nd and Friday, Sept. 3rd for the 2021 Workshop of the Advanced Computational Neuroscience Network. The event will feature keynote speakers from experts in computational and network neuroscience and flash talks featuring emerging research in the area of brain science. Most events during the...

2021-07-26 - By Dov Cohen. For many years, the epicenter of the “battle for human nature” was the third floor of the psychology building at 603 E. Daniel Street. That was the location of Harry Triandis’s office at the University of Illinois, where he taught for 4 decades, leaving Champaign only a few years before his death in 2019. Psychology had always been defined as the study of human behavior, emotion...