Professor Janet Tomiyama wrote an essay (with former UCLA faculty member Traci Mann) for The Conversation, titled “What thin people don’t understand about dieting.” It is available at: http://theconversation.com/what-thin-people-dont-understand-about-dieting-86604. The article has been picked up by the following news media. CBS News CNN Quartz MarketWatch San Francisco Chronicle UCLA Newsroom Chicago Tribune Krautreporter (translated into German)
Congratulations to ReJoyce Green (Clinical Area) for being awarded the National Institutes of Health T32 Predoctoral Fellowship with the UCLA Translational Neuroscience of Drug Abuse (TNDA) Program. As a TNDA trainee, ReJoyce will complete a training curriculum and complete coursework in the neuroscience of addiction.
Winter Quarter instruction begins on January 8, 2018. The Schedule of Classes is available to review. Wednesday, Jan. 3rd: Quarter begins Monday, Jan. 8th: Instruction begins Friday, Jan. 12th: All Psych 195, 196, and 199 contracts due by 4:00pm (No exceptions!) Monday, Jan. 15th: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday; Campus Closed Friday, Jan. 19th: Last day TO DROP impacted…
Professor Thomas R. Minor, 64, passed away from bladder cancer on Monday, March 27, 2017, in Burbank, California, with his family at his bedside. His survivors include his wife, Cheryl Polfus, a student affairs officer with the UCLA Department of Psychology, and two adult children, Kellyn and Sean. Tom joined UCLA as an Assistant Professor…