Marisa Molta has been selected to receive the Spring 2019 Staff Spotlight Award! Marisa serves as our Payroll Specialist in the Human Resources office. She was recruited into this position in June of 2018. She helped the Human Resources team through the transition to UCPath this fall and maintained essential training and reference information for…
Congratulations to Alayna Park (Clinical Area, Advisor: Bruce Chorpita) for receiving the 2018-19 Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Fellowship Award, and congratulations to Sarah Tashjian (Developmental Area, Advisor: Adriana Galván) for receiving the 2019-20 Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Fellowship Award! Only 4 exceptional graduate students are chosen each year to receive this prestigious award. The fellowship…
Congratulations to Shannon Burns (Social Area) for being selected to participate in the UCLA Collegium of University Teaching Fellows (CUTF) program through the Office of Instructional Development. Shannon’s proposal for a lower-division seminar entitled “The Psychology of the Mob: How and Why Groups Behave the Way They Do” has been approved for funding. Congratulations to Alexandra Stolyarova (BNS Area) for being…
Congratulations to Giovanni (Gio) Ramos (Clinical Area) on receiving the 2019 Monica Salinas Summer Scholarship! The Monica Salinas Summer Scholarship provides summer funding and conference travel costs for a graduate student in Psychology who is committed to advancing the field of Latino mental health.
Congratulations to Professor Vickie Mays, who will receive UCLA’s 2019 Career Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award this spring! This award recognizes the extraordinary contributions across her career in research, teaching, and service, including community-based curricula developed to create pathways for diverse communities into higher education and research, all of which have contributed to…
Congratulations to the Psychology graduate student recipients of the 2019 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program! The NSF GRFP is a prestigious three-year fellowship, which provides a yearly $34,000 stipend and $12,000 in fees. For more information, visit the NSF GRFP website. Claudia Aguirre (Behavioral Neuroscience Area)Natalie Saragosa-Harris (incoming Developmental Area)Benjamin Seitz (Learning and Behavior Area)Sophie Mako Tanaka (Social Area)Miriam Weaverdyck (Social Area) Congratulations…
Wednesday, March 27th: Quarter begins Friday, March 29th: Cesar Chavez Holiday Monday, April 1st: Instruction begins Friday, April 5th: All Psych 195, 196, and 199 contracts due by 4:00pm (No exceptions!) Friday, April 12th: Last day TO DROP impacted courses by 11:59pm CHANGE Study List (add, drop courses) without fee through MyUCLA by 11:59pm ENROLL in courses for credit without…
Congratulations to Professor Patricia Greenfield for being awarded the Ernst E. Boesch Prize of the German Society of Cultural Psychology! The prize is awarded to scholars who have had a major impact on cultural psychological research.
Congratulations to Lara Ray for being appointed the next Shirley M. Hatos Endowed Chair in the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior for 2019-2022. The appointment provides resources to promote clinical and translational research of a mid-career faculty member within UCLA’s Hatos Center for Neuropharmacology, with a focus of addiction neurobiology and associated affective…
Congratulations to Giovanni (Gio) Ramos (Clinical Area) on being awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation! The award provides three years of support and is made to individuals who have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research…