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Psychology Staff Spotlight Award – Jessica Iniguez
We are happy to announce that Jessica Iniguez, our Academic Student Personnel and Payroll coordinator, has been selected to receive the Psychology Staff Spotlight award this quarter for her exceptional work and dedication. Jessica joined Psychology in April 2022. Before joining the Psychology HR team, Jessica worked as the work-study coordinator at the UCLA Financial…
Fall 2023 Enrollment
The Fall 2023 Schedule of Classes is now available. Please note that first pass appointments begin June 22, while second pass appointments begin June 29. Enrollment appointments are based on class standing and are scheduled by the UCLA Registrar. Please make sure to check and double check your enrollment appointments through MyUCLA. Please set a reminder for when your enrollment passes…
Highlighting Faculty Member Tiffany Ho
Depression often emerges during adolescence, resulting in lifelong sequalae. As director of the Cognition Affect and Neurodevelopment in Youth (CANDY) lab, Dr. Tiffany Ho seeks to understand the neurobiological factors contributing to depression in adolescents. The CANDY lab investigates how the neurobiological systems underlying our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors change over the course of adolescent…
UCLA Psychology Presents Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Human Learning
This event occurred on June 7, 2023. Featuring Hongjing Lu, Professor, Department of Psychology James W. Stigler, Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology Introductory remarks and moderator Annette Stanton, Chair and Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology
2023 Psychology Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony
Congratulations to the nearly 1150 students who participated in the Psychology Undergraduate Commencement Celebration this year!
Recent Undergraduate Award Winners
Congratulations to senior Psychology majors Umiemah Farrukh and Qasim Farrukh, who were recently awarded the prestigious and highly selective Chancellor’s Service Award. This award is given annually to graduating students who have made significant contributions to UCLA and/or the surrounding Los Angeles community through a sustained record of outstanding service. The recipients of this award…
Two Professors Receive 2023 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Awards
Congratulations to Professors Patricia Cheng and Catherine Sandhofer for receiving 2023 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Awards. These awards honor the considerable dedication of faculty mentors who have served as effective research mentors to undergraduate students.
Prof. Abramson Receives 2023 Eugen Weber Award for Distinguished Collegium Teaching
Congratulations to Research Professor Paul Abramson for receiving the 2023 Eugen Weber Award for Distinguished Collegium Teaching in recognition of his outstanding contribution to teaching in the Honors Collegium.
Dean’s Prize Award Winner
Congratulations to Jiayang Li, a second year Cognitive Science major who was selected to receive the Dean’s Prize for Undergraduate Research. Jiayang presented their research project “Emotion Compass: Investigating Relationship Between Depression and Trauma Symptom Profiles and Dynamic Emotional States Evoked by Music Using a Mobile Emotion Tracker,” which they conducted under the mentorship of…