The Department of Psychology is pleased to announce the recipients of the Fall 2020 undergraduate student awards. The Arlene R. Davenport Award recognizes psychology students who have demonstrated a career interest in psychological research. This …
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Finola Kane-Grade Receives L&S Dean’s Prize
Finola Kane-Grade, B.A. (‘16) in Psychology and Music Performance, has been named one of this year’s recipients of the L&S Dean’s Prize. The L&S Dean’s Prize is awarded to students who represent the best of …
First Cohort of Data Science in Human Behavior Master’s Program Graduates
On December 17, the first graduates of the Department of Psychology’s Data Science in Human Behavior program received their master’s degrees during UW-Madison’s Winter Commencement at the Kohl Center. Two days earlier, in a more …
First-Year Students Explore Language Learning Through Small Seminar in Psychology
A cohort of 20 first-year UW–Madison students across majors learned about language and the human experience through a first-year interest group anchored by a small-enrollment seminar taught by Rubinstein Professor of Psychology Jenny Saffran last …
Fueling the future of brain health
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Nexus NeuroTech Ventures have awarded $100,000 in development funding to three innovative research projects aimed at transforming the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders. Selected from a competitive pool …
Gallimore recognized with Distinguished Reviewer Award
Recognized for his outstanding contributions as a peer reviewer for Teaching & Learning Inquiry, senior lecturer Dr. Jonathan Gallimore received the inaugural Gary Poole Distinguished Reviewer Award granted by the editorial team of Teaching & …
Gernsbacher elected to AAAS second term
Eight University of Wisconsin–Madison scholars have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. In addition to the new fellows, UW–Madison psychology professor Morton Ann Gernsbacher was elected …
Gernsbacher Honored
Morton Gernsbacher has received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Society for Text and Discourse and the 2013 Ernest R. Hilgard Award for Career Contriubtions to General Psychology.
Gernsbacher honored with prestigious Oswald Külpe Prize for groundbreaking research on cognitive processing
Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Vilas Research Professor and Sir Frederic C. Bartlett Professor of Psychology, has been awarded the internationally renowned Oswald Külpe Prize for her outstanding work on cognitive processing. Presented biennially by the Institute …
Gernsbacher receives 2021 Psychonomic Society Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award
Vilas Research Professor and the Sir Frederic C. Bartlett Professor of Psychology Morton Ann Gernsbacher recently received the 2021 Psychonomic Society Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award, an honor that recognizes those who have made significant …