“I was not tied down to a major or a specific track in my life,” senior Shivani Venkatesh says. Her interest in psychology and the human mind prepared her for a path she didn’t expect to take, and “being in CLA made that an easy transition.”

It is not inconceivable that future high school students won’t have to take the SAT or the ACT, says Professor Deniz Ones. They’ll download some apps on their mobile devices, link their wearable sensors, and let colleges collect data for a couple of months. Ones is a member of the mPerf research team, conducting a multimillion dollar project about using data from wearable sensors to predict and measure workplace performance. It could have far-reaching impacts for all workplace and educational assessments.

While researchers aren’t sure of all the causes of opioid addiction, the brain’s reward center and dopamine play a large role, said Mark Thomas, University associate professor and member of the executive committee of the University’s Medical Discovery Team on addiction. There are some “tools” doctors use to help opioid addiction, but the vaccine could be more effective and longer-lasting, Thomas said.

Congratulations Professor Alex Rothman on Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education!

The Department of Psychology Centennial Celebration Gala is scheduled for the evening of ​Friday, May 11, 2018

"Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders" Paul Sackett in Scientific American

How can undergraduates actually impact the communities around them? Mary K. Onchiri, a senior in the College of Liberal Arts, researched to what extent social-environmental factors indirectly impact the relationship between neighborhood and psychological distress.

Transfer student Lindsay Horejsi tried a number of jobs before deciding to go back to school. Read about her position as a research intern for the Center for Homicide Research and her post-graduation plans.

Psychology professor Nicola Grissom on autism and gender