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 …
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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 …
Henriques receives Mary Lucy Clark Distinguished Teaching Award
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 …
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’ …
How might telepathy actually work outside the realm of sci-fi?
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 …
How mindfulness changes the emotional life of our brains
Psychology professor and Center for Healthy Minds founder and director Richard Davidson spoke at TEDx SanFrancisco in October 2019. Watch the video to hear him speak about the four major challenges facing society and how …
How to talk to friends and family about race
There are many ways to be an ally and champion solutions for social change: donating, sharing resources, signing petitions, and fostering conversation with friends, family, and neighbors about racism, police brutality, and the importance of …