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Prof. Clewett Named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dave Clewett for being named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow in Neuroscience by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Awarded annually since 1955, the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships honor exceptional researchers at US and Canadian educational institutions, whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders. More information is available at the UC Newsroom.

Prof. Reise Receives 2025 Walter G. Klopfer Award

Congratulations to Research Professor Steve Reise for receiving the 2025 Walter G. Klopfer Award from the Society for Personality Assessment for his paper titled “Understanding Alpha and Beta and Sources of Common Variance: Theoretical Underpinnings and a Practical Example.” This award is given for the best empirical paper published in the Journal of Personality Assessment within a given year.

Graduate News

Erin Morrow (Cognitive Area) was quoted in a New York Times article !

Erin Morrow (Cognitive Area) was quoted in a New York Times article titled “To Protest Budget Cuts, Young Scientists Try Letters to the Editor.” The article is available at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/science/science-budget-cuts-protest-letters.html?smid=url-share

Congratulations to Fran Querdasi (Developmental Area) for receiving the 2025 Millard Madsen Distinguished Dissertation Award for the best developmental dissertation.

Congratulations to Fran Querdasi (Developmental Area) for receiving the 2025 Millard Madsen Distinguished Dissertation Award for the best developmental dissertation. Fran’s dissertation is titled “Early Caregiving Adversity and Internalizing Symptoms in Middle Childhood to Adolescence: Gut Microbiome and Inflammatory Mechanisms,” and her dissertation committee chair is Bridget Callaghan.

Undergrad News

Spring 2026 Schedule of Classes

The Spring 2026 Schedule of Classes is available for students to review to plan Fall quarter schedules.

2025 UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony

Congratulations to the nearly 1,400 students who participated in the Psychology Undergraduate Commencement Celebration this year!

Transforming Psychology

A New Era for UCLA Psychology

Please visit our Transforming Psychology website for information about exciting plans to transform UCLA’s iconic Psychology Tower (now named Pritzker Hall) into a collaborative, modern learning and research environment for one of the nation’s top psychology departments.

Faculty Spotlight

Highlighting Faculty Member Patricia Cheng

The philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn asks: what must nature be like in order for science to be possible at all? As a cognitive scientist, my research asks a parallel question: what must we humans assume the world be like for us to comprehend it?

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