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Congratulations to Blanche Wright (Clinical Area) who was selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Research Scholar. The aim of this program is to create a large cadre of diverse students from multiple disciplines whose research and leadership will inform and influence policy toward a ‘Culture of Health’.

Congratulations to ReJoyce Green (Clinical Area) who received The Philip and Aida Siff Educational Foundation Scholarship. The Philip and Aida Siff Educational Foundation Scholarship is a Graduate Division endowed fellowship for full-time graduate students on the basis of demonstrated financial need and scholastic achievement and promise.

Congratulations to Lauren Goldstein (Social Area) and Jesús Serrano-Careaga (Social Area) for receiving awards from the UCLA Fellowship in Political Psychology. This endowment was established in response to an anonymous gift on December 17, 1999.  The fellowship is for doctoral students specializing in political psychology, the study of mass politics, and/or intergroup relations. Recipients of the award will on collaborative research with faculty.

Congratulations to the 2017 Shepard Ivory Franz TA Award recipients!

Congratulations to our Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF) recipients! Nine graduate students received the 2017-2018 Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship. The DYF awards a $20,000 stipend and full fees to students during their last year of dissertation writing.

Congratulations to the following students for receiving Psychology Department Endowed Fellowships!

Marcie Haydon (2^nd year, Health Area) received the 2017 John Fels and Sherri Abend-Fels Award of $500.

Yujia Peng (3rd year, Cognitive Neuroscience Area) received the 2017 Liu Yunghuo Bei Qui Memorial Fellowship of $3,000.

Julia Morgan (4^th year, Clinical Area) received the summer 2017 Wayne Levine Fellowship of $6,000.

Congratulations to Leslie Rith-Najarian on winning both the UCLA Grad Slam and the systemwide UC Grad Slam! Leslie’s presentation was titled “Making Mental Health Treatment More Engaging and Accessible.” Her academic advisor is Bruce Chorpita. To learn more, please see the UCLA Newsroom at http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-psychology-graduate-student-wins-uc-grad-slam-competition.

Congratulations to Yolanda Vasquez-Salgado (Developmental Area) and Teresa Nguyen (Clinical Area) for being selected to participate in the UCLA Collegium of University Teaching Fellows (CUTF) program through the Office of Instructional Development.

Congratulations to our Graduate Research Mentorship recipients! 6 graduate students received the 2017-2018 Graduate Division Graduate Research Mentorship Program, which awards a $20,000 stipend plus fees/tuition for conducting research under the close mentorship of a faculty member.