Recent News
- We are delighted to announce that the following students have been selected as the recipients of the 2023 J. Steven Reznick Diversity and Psychological Research Grant – Mariana Gonzalez and Kayla Simone Brown. Sadie Thomas is recognized with an Honorable Mention.
- Dr. John Helminski was named a 2022 Fulbright Specialist to Ireland
- Dr. Eva Telzer’s research, published today in JAMA Pediatrics, led by grad students Maria Maza and Kara Fox and co-authored by Seh-Joo Kwon, Jessica Flanenry, and Mitch Prinstein, Kristen Lindquist, was written up in the New York Times
- Dr. Sara Algoe was interviewed by the Washington Post for an article on showing gratitude
- Dr. Sara Algoe was interviewed on the Wall Street Journal’s podcast As We Work: A podcast about the changing dynamics of the workplace
- David Penn was named one of Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers
- Sikoya Ashburn was recently named a 2022 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellow
- SPIRE has received funding from a five-year Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA) by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
- Dr. Keely Muscatell gave a talk at TEDxReno on The social life of your immune system
- Pedro Rodriguez-Echemendia has been selected to receive a 2022 NIDA Diversity Scholars Travel Award!
- Drs. Beth Kurtz-Costes and Danny Rahal have received the 2022 Outstanding Paper Award from AMENA-Psy
- Dr. Eva Telzer was featured on the APA’s Speaking of Psychology Podcast
- Dr. Rachel Penton selected as an Engineering Fellow for 2022
- Ph.D. candidate, Jessica Goldblum, was awarded a dissertation award from the Organization for Autism Research
- Junior BIPOC Scholar Speaker Series 2022
- Flavio Frohlich’s start-up, Pulvinar Neuro, was was acquired by Electromedical Products International, Inc.
- UNC-Chapel Hill and Winston Family Foundation launch national center to study effects of technology, social media on child brain development
- Dr. Keely Muscatell is working to uncover the short- & long-term effects of one particularly ugly social experience: racial discrimination
- Dr. Viji Sathy is the recipient of the 2022 STP Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award
- Dr. Kenneth Bollen is a recipient of the 2022-2023 Cattell Sabbatical Award