News related to the Developmental Science program.
Mihaela Barokova Receives Fellowship Award
Mihaela Barokova, a doctoral student of Dr. Helen Tager-Flusberg’s in the Developmental Science program, has been selected to receive a Short Term Summer Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship to support her travel and research in Bulgaria. This award is in additional to her regular graduate funding. We congratulate Mia on receiving this competitive GRAF award.
Donna Pincus Leading New Investigation of Online Therapy for Childhood Anxiety
Associate Professor Donna Pincus is leading a new multi-site investigation of online therapy treatment for childhood anxiety, the largest of its kind. Details of the ambitious new initiative can be found in a new BU Today article. The BU study will work with almost 1,900 young people, ages 3 to 18, with mild to moderate anxiety, in […]
Melissa Kibbe Wins Templeton Award
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences Assistant Professor Melissa Kibbe has won a College of Arts and Sciences Templeton Award, which recognizes excellence in student advising. Awardees are considered based on nominations from their students. We congratulate Professor Kibbe on this well-deserved recognition!
Kayla Finch Awarded 2018 American Psychological Foundation Fellowship
Kayla Finch, a Developmental Science doctoral student in the Center for Autism Research Excellence, is one of a handful of recipients of the American Psychological Foundation’s 2018 Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowship. This award speaks to the high quality and promise of of Kayla’s ongoing research. Congratulations!
Professor Deborah Kelemen’s New Children’s Book About Evolution Featured in BU Today
PBS Professor Deborah Kelemen has recently published How the Piloses Evolved Skinny Noses, a children’s book designed to teach the concept of evolution by natural selection to very young audiences. BU Today offers an in-depth profile on the book and how it came about. From the article: Conventional wisdom holds that natural selection is too complex for […]
Prof. Jean Berko Gleason Receives Roger Brown Award
PBS Prof. Emerita Jean Berko Gleason received the Roger Brown Award at the 14th International Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language in Lyon, France. The Department congratulates her on this honor!
Child Cognition Lab & “How the Piloses Evolved Skinny Noses” Making News!
PBS Professor Deborah Kelemen and the Child Cognition Lab recently published How the Piloses Evolved Skinny Noses, a book designed to teach young children about evolution. The book has since received positive attention. Professor Kelemen recently participated in a panel discussion (26 minutes in) with Professor Richard Dawkin’s on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week, the UK’s largest cultural/arts […]
Professor Helen Tager-Flusberg Participates in Reddit AMA!
Professor Helen Tager-Flusberg recently took part in a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session. The extensive Q&A covered a wide range of topics, from how our understanding of autism spectrum disorders has evolved over Dr. Tager-Flusberg’s 40-year career, to how the field may change in the years to come.
Professor Emerita Jean Berko Gleason to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Washington & Jefferson College
The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences is pleased to announce that Professor Emerita Jean Berko Gleason will receive an honorary Doctor of Science from Washington & Jefferson University for her breakthrough research on child language acquisition. These findings, among many in Dr. Gleason’s long and fruitful career, have had a tremendous impact on the […]
Growing Up Science Talk Series, April 20
Dr. Helen Tager-Flusberg, Center for Autism Research Excellence, Dept. of Psychological & Brain Sciences Wednesday, April 20, 2016, 5:30-6:30 64 Cummington Mall, Room 159