The research of Celina Furman, graduate student in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, is mentioned in a recent BBC Worklife article titled “The ‘Batman Effect’: How having an alter ego empowers you” 

Shmuel Lissek, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota was quoted in a recent Post Bulletin article entitled “Why 'caution fatigue' is setting in with COVID-19.”

In Spring 2020, Cheryl Olman, PhD, asked her students in PSY 3031, Introduction to Sensation and Perception, to develop the textbook for the course using all open access materials. In doing so, the students were able to more deeply engage with the course content, as well as learn about openly licensed materials, open-access materials, and re-using content. With help from the University Libraries, their crowd-sourced textbook is now available online.

Shmuel Lissek, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota was quoted in a recent article entitled “What Makes Doomsday Preppers Brace For The Apocalypse?”, a research article about why people prepare for the end of the world.