Summer, 2011. BNS graduate student Nhu Truong attended a Developmental Neurbiology Course in Okinawa, Japan last month on a scholarship. For more on the course, read this article.

March, 2011. UConn Today reports on Crystal Park's research on assessing the health benefits of yoga

February, 2011. Marie Coppola's recent work published in PNAS was highlighted by the NSF in this press release.

January, 2011. David Miller awarded the Frank Costin Memorial Award for Excellence by the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, as announced here.

December, 2010. Blair Johnson's work on meta-analysis discussed at Psychology Today.

October, 2010. How memories are born. Drs. Etan Markus, James Chrobak and Monty Escabi and grad student Jamie Bunce report in the Journal of Neuroscience that memory encoding in older rats can be improved by stimulating the medial septum with acetylcholine. In this UConn Today interview, Dr. Markus discusses implications for human aging.

September, 2010, Dr. Stephanie Milan has been awarded a Fulbright Award to support research and teaching in Kenya.

September, 2010: UConn Psychology 2nd nationally in federal research funding, 4th in all research funding, as reported by UConn Today, based on an NSF analysis. 

September, 2010: When Yawning Isn't Contagious. A study in Child Development by grad student Molly Helt and faculty Inge-Marie Eigsti, Peter J. Snyder and  Deborah Fein examines links between contagious yawning and autism spectrum disorders.

September, 2010: Recovery from Autism
An article in UConn Today reviews Deborah Fein's work on optimal outcomes in autism.

September, 2010: Robots and Autism. An article in UConn Today reviews research on innovative Autism interventions using kid-friendly robots being conducted by Drs. Anjana Bhat, Deborah Fein, Kerry Marsh, and grad student Tim Gifford.

May, 2010, When Men Stare, Women Say Less. Dr. Diane Quinn was interviewed by UConn Today about this research,which appeared in Psychological Science, co-authored by grad student Tamar Saguy, and Drs. Felicia Pratto and Jack Dovidio.

April, 2010, Exploring the Origins of Language. This UConn Today article reviews Dr. Marie Coppola's research on "homesign" systems developed by isolated Deaf individuals and their families and friends in Nicaragua.

April, 2010, Dr. Jeffrey Fisher named a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor.

Feburary, 2010, Virtual Reality Research at CHIP. Dr. Kerry Marsh and grad student Tim Gifford discuss their innovative research using VR technology to study sexual risk behavior.

September, 2009: More new faculty
Thanks to a grant from NIDCD under the ARRA, Marie Coppola will join our Developmental division (and Linguistics) and Emily Myers will join PAC (and Communication Sciences) in January, 2010!

September, 2009: New faculty
We welcome new faculty members Heather Bortfeld (Developmental) and Hart Blanton (Social)!

May 5 , 2008. Prof. Dave Kenny elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Story in the UConn Advance.

March 12, 2007. Grant success of the Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention

February 19, 2007. Emeritus Professor Maurice Farber Donates $2 Million to Psychology.

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