Dr. Marsha Penner, a Teaching Assistant Professor, was elected Chair of the UNC Educational Policy Committee. The Educational Policy Committee is composed of nine members elected by the faculty for three-year terms, one appointed undergraduate student, and one appointed graduate … Read more

Dr. Todd Thiele and Dr. Montserrat Navarro, faculty in the Behavioral and Integrative Neuroscience Program, are recipients of a 2018 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) R01 grant. The Research Project Grant (R01) is the original and historically … Read more

Dr. Shauna Cooper, an Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology, was recently selected as one of 8-10 faculty members for the 7th Class of Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars (FES). Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars are leaders in their respective fields and will … Read more

Kimberly Pentel, a graduate student in Clinical Psychology, is the 2017-18 recipient of a UNC Chapel Hill Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Questioning (LGBTIQ) Advocacy Award. This award recognizes contributions to or advocacy on behalf of the LGBTIQ communities … Read more

The Carolina Center for Public Service will honor 307 graduating seniors as Buckley Public Service Scholars at a special ceremony on May 11, 2018 at 5:00 pm in Memorial hall. Launched in 2003, the Buckley Public Service Scholars program encourages … Read more

Dr. Enrique Neblett, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, has been selected to serve on the Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Emotion, Stress, and Health Study Section for the National Institutes of Health’s Center for Scientific Review. Study sections review grant applications submitted … Read more

Latasha Mingo, Department Manager of Psychology and Neuroscience, is the 2017-18 recipient of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Award in Management. The Award in Management, established in 2005, acknowledges the dedication and hard work of business and administrative managers … Read more

Dr. Mitch Prinstein, John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology, and his book, Popular: Finding Happiness and Success in a World That Cares Too Much About the Wrong Kinds of Relationships,” were chosen for the 2018 Carolina Summer Reading … Read more

S. Adam Smith, a Cognitive Psychology Graduate Student, was awarded the Graduate School’s 2017-18 Dissertation Completion Fellowship. The Dissertation Completion Fellowship supports doctoral students in the final year of their dissertation. Each fellowship enables a student to focus full-time on … Read more

Dr. Charlotte Boettiger, an Associate Professor of Behavioral and Integrative Neuroscience, was elected as the Academic Affairs representative for the Financial Exigency and Program Change Committee. The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill has a long tradition of shared governance … Read more