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 …
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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 …
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. …
Healthy competition makes habit of sustainability
Living sustainably to save the planet is serious stuff, but Madison-based non-profit Cool Choices has made a game of it. And it seems to be working. According to University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers, the Cool Choices …
Hill Goldsmith, Renowned Developmental Psychologist and Behavioral Geneticist, Retires
In 1978, Antoine Bascom Professor and Leona Tyler Professor of Psychology Hill Goldsmith celebrated a major academic milestone when he received his PhD in Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Following postdoctoral training and two …
Historical rates of enslavement predict modern rates of American gun ownership
The higher percentage of enslaved people that a U.S. county counted among its residents in 1860, the more guns its residents have in the present, according to a new analysis by researchers exploring why Americans’ …