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CU Psychology and Neuroscience graduate student Dillon McGovern (Behavioral Neuroscience, mentored by David Root) received a 2023 NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program (OSNAP) award.

CU Psychology and Neuroscience Professor Soo Rhee (Behavioral, Psychiatric, and Statistical Genetics; Clinical) was recognized with the Graduate School's 2023 Outstanding Mentor Award.

CU Psychology and Neuroscience Associate Professor Zoe Donaldson (Behavioral Neuroscience; she also has an appointment in MCDB) was interviewed for an article in Axios about how the brain changes when we grieve. Read the Axios article .

Three seniors graduating with degrees from CU Psychology and Neuroscience this week have been selected as "amazing grads" by the College of Arts and Sciences. Cassie Blew (double major, psychology and neuroscience), Allison Fultz (double major, psychology and neuroscience), and Sarah Napier (double major, neuroscience and dance), were selected based...

CU Psychology and Neuroscience Professor Angela Bryan (Social) was interviewed for an article in CU Boulder Today about some recent research regarding the use of cannabis to treat pain in cancer patients. The research, published in the journal Exploration in Medicine and one of the first to study legalized cannabis...

CU Psychology and Neuroscience graduate student Stevi Ibonie (Clinical, mentored by June Gruber) was awarded the Sheryl R. Young Memorial Scholarship for the 2023–2024 academic year. This competitive scholarship is funded and the recipient chosen by the family of Sheryl, who received her PhD from our department in 1984 but...

Walter Kintsch Obituary Walter Kintsch, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, passed away on March 24, 2023, at the age of 90. He was born on May 30, 1932, in Timișoara, Romania. At a young age he and his family fled invading forces towards the end of...

CU Psychology and Neuroscience graduate student Liz Slivjak (Clinical, mentored by Joanna Arch) received the Outstanding Student Clinician Award for 2023 from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SCCP).

CU Psychology and Neuroscience Associate Professor June Gruber (Clinical) co-authored a piece in Psychology Today about bystander altruism after being attacked and robbed on the streets of São Paulo, Brazil.

CU Psychology and Neuroscience Teaching Assistant Professor Vyga Kaufmann and Assistant Professor Cinnamon Bidwell (Clinical) were both interviewed for an article about cannabis and sleep in the New York Times.