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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

Each year, the University of Wisconsin–Madison recognizes outstanding academic staff members who have excelled in leadership, public service, research and teaching. “As the largest employee group on campus, our academic staff members are critical to …

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 …

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’ …

In an essay recently published in Aeon, Professor of Psychology Gary Lupyan and colleague Andy Clark of the University of Sussex argue that “the prospects for good old-fashioned telepathy are poor … [but] the prospect …