In 2015, members of the P&N community made news headlines on a weekly basis, including everything from groundbreaking research studies, news editorials, and numerous awards and honors.
Here is a month-by-month glance at 2015.
January
Courtnea Rainey on goal-setting on the Graduate School's professional development blog
February
Kevin LaBar quoted in USA Today on Brian Williams's false memories
Huffington Post: Ahmad Hariri's lab uses amygdala function to predict later depression and anxiety
Gary Bennett says there’s very little research that proves health incentives actually improve health
Eve Puffer Selected as 2015 Triangle Global Health Emerging Leader
Ali Giusto selected as DGHI Doctoral Scholar
P&N mourns the passing of Professor Nestor Schmajuk
March
Jessica Bolton wins Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring
Read about Eve Puffer's collaborative work with the IRC to reduce violence towards children in homes
Peggy Morrell receives Presidential Award
April
Martha Putallaz is recognized for her outstanding contributions as Duke’s Faculty Athletics Representative by the National Football Foundation
2015 P&N Graduate Student Awards and Fellowships
May
P&N holds reception of honor for Professor and former Dean of Trinity College, Robert Thompson
June
John Curry tells New York Times that the V.A.'s database appears to pinpoint more people at risk of suicides “than identified by clinical variables alone”
Scott Huettel quoted on climate change and human nature
July
Led by the Center for Aging’s Dan Belsky and P&N Professor Terrie Moffitt, a research effort explores what aging looks like in the third and fourth decades of life. (Coverage also appeared on BBC News and more than 65 other news outlets.) --Also: Here's why you may be aging faster than your friends (TIME)
P&N faculty lead "The Resiliency Project" to understand college student health and well-being
P&N's Ahmad Hariri and colleagues report patterns of brain function that predict problem drinking
August
Mike Tomasello receives 2015 APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution award, APA's highest research award
Tobias Egner and postdoctoral researcher Yu-Chin Chiu test how self-discipline affects memory
New York Times: Harris Cooper suggests math-anxious parents help their children by creating a math-positive environment
An exploration in ethics with Gary Bennett
Duke mentioned as best U.S. College for a major in psychology
Are tapeworms good for your brain? Staci Bilbo finds that they may prevent memory loss in rats
September
P&N undergrads create app to battle depression
October
Keith Whitfield to receives GSA's 2015 Minority Mentorship Award
Some stereotypes about older adults are positive, but "in most Western societies, the perception of age and aging is predominantly negative," says Dana Kotter-Gruehn, P&N visiting assistant professor, in Wall Street Journal Article
Ken Dodge Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Roberto Cabeza to lead Duke's Center for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN)
November
Amber Beckley on Ben Carson: "What we’ve discovered in the field of criminology is that teens go through a rough spot in which they act out, which is no surprise to any parent.”
Shelly Lanpher wins George Bray Thesis Award From The Obesity Society.
Korinna Duffy and Tanya Chartrand pinpoint what extroverts do that helps them build strong social ties.
December
Ken Dodge: Learning Soft Skills in Childhood Can Prevent Harder Problems later
Why do Chronically Lonely Teens Stay Lonely? Collaborative research study by P&N's Steve Asher, Molly Weeks, and
visiting Scholar Janne Vanhalst published in the November 2015 issue of Personality and Social Psychology
Martha Berg inaugural winner of the Jerome S. Bruner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research