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Renate Houts wins 2019 Dean's Pillars of Excellence Award
Friday, May 17, 2019Congratulations to Renate Houts, one of four recipients of the 2019 Dean's Pillars of Excellence Awards from Duke's Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. Valerie Ashby, Dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, established these awards in 2017 to encourage excellence,... Read More »
Neuroscience Major Julie Uchitel Addresses Graduating Class of 2019
Monday, May 13, 2019In high school, Julie Uchitel recalls being interested in biology and psychology. “During my AP Psychology course, we studied a unit on neuroscience. I was blown away by the complexity of the brain – how many mysteries surrounded its function despite decades of research. That was when I knew that I... Read More »
Sera Pekel Selected as Student Speaker for Psychology Graduation Ceremony
Thursday, May 9, 2019Graduating senior Sera Pekel has been selected by faculty committee as this year’s student speaker for the Department of Psychology Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony. Pekel, a native of Turkey, describes herself as, “A dedicated Istanbul-ite – if that’s even a word! I’m obsessed with my city... Read More »
Celebrating Mark Leary
Monday, May 6, 2019The Duke Department of Psychology & Neuroscience hosted a retirement celebration for Professor Mark Leary on Friday, May 3 in Perkins Library. Attending the event were many colleagues and students, past and present, as well as friends and family. Leary, Garonzik Professor of Psychology and... Read More »
Julia Nicholas wins 2019 Zener award
Friday, May 3, 2019Congratulations to Julia Nicholas, winner of the 2019 Karl E. Zener Award. This award is given annually to an undergraduate psychology major at Duke University who has shown outstanding performance and scholarship, as determined on the basis of both the honors thesis (evaluated by a committee of... Read More »
Gary Bennett interviewed for NPR's Life Kit
Monday, April 29, 2019P&N Professor Gary Bennett was recently interviewed for an episode of NPR's Life Kit. On the episode, "Boost Your Body Acceptance For Better Health,” Dr. Bennet discusses weight stigma with NPR Health Editor episode host Maria Godoy. “We don't think about... Read More »
Psychology Major Honors Students Present Posters at Visible Thinking 2019
Tuesday, April 23, 2019Congratulations to our Psychology Major Honors Students who presented their theses in poster form at the Duke Visible Thinking showcase at Penn Pavilion on Monday, April 22. Scroll down for the full list of students and their presentations. Naime Benitez, Working harder not... Read More »
Leonard White Receives Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award
Wednesday, April 10, 2019Full coverage of all Trinity Award winners can be found on the Duke Today Website Congratulations to Dr. Leonard White, this year's winner of the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching award. This student-selected award honors a Duke professor who has excelled as a teacher, advisor and... Read More »
P&N and CNAP First Year Festival 2019
Tuesday, April 2, 2019Congratulations to first-year graduate students in Psychology & Neuroscience and the Cognitive Neuroscience Admitting Program for the completion of a successful First Year Festival! This year's poster presentations were held on Friday, April 5th in the new P&N gathering space in 236... Read More »
MacArthur Neuroscience Fellow Doris Tsao speaks at DIBS
Thursday, March 21, 2019Doris Tsao, PhD, Professor of Biology at Cal Tech and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, spoke to a packed crowd at the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS) on Wednesday, March 20. Tsao won a MacArthur "Genius" fellowship in 2018 . In her lecture, "How the Brain... Read More »