Professor Hill Goldsmith has been awarded the Dobzhansky Lifetime Achievement Award from the Behavior Genetics Association. The Dobzhansky Award is given in honor of the first president of the Behavior Genetics Association, Theodosius Dobzhansky, to …
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Gooding elected as NAMI Dane County Board President
At its June 28, 2022 meeting, the Board of Directors of theNational Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)-Dane County unanimouslyelected Dr. Diane C. Gooding as its Chair, replacing outgoing Amanda Pirt Meyer. Gooding previously served on …
Graduate student Caleigh Guoynes named Peer Mentor Award winner
Three graduate students, including psychology graduate student Caleigh Guoynes, have been honored with Peer Mentor Awards. The awards, sponsored by the Graduate School Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Funding, recognize stellar mentorship qualities on- and …
Graduate student Elise Hopman Recognized for excellence in mentoring undergraduates
Graduate student Elise Hopman was recognized with the University of Wisconsin–Madison Award for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities. A member of the Language and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab (LCNL) within the Department of …
GRADUATE STUDENTS RECOGNIZED FOR SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
In his five years with the Department of Psychology, graduate student Mitchell Campbell has made a concerted effort to help improve the department climate. “It is extremely important to me that we have a department …
Green featured in The Washington Post
Far from rotting our brains, video games may improve our cognition. But how we play them matters when it comes to the benefits they provide. [Playing] action video games in particular may prove beneficial for …
Green receives 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award
Psychology professor C. Shawn Green is among thirteen faculty members who have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards. For more than 70 years, the Distinguished Teaching Awards have honored exemplary achievements in …
Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to UW-Madison psychology professor Pollak
Dr. Seth Pollak, the College of Letters & Science Distinguished Professor of Psychology, has been named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, one of 184 artists, writers, scholars, and scientists selected through …
Harackiewicz receives Distinguished Scholar Award
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology recently recognized Paul Pintrich Professor of Psychology Judith Harackiewicz with its Distinguished Scholar Award. The senior career award recognizes the broad scope and potentially integrative nature of scholarship …
Health Professions Shadowing Program now taking applications
At the end of July, sixteen pre-selected students began a structured, two-week residential summer program, learning about current trends in healthcare and spending over 30 hours shadowing providers at UW Health and affiliated area clinics. …