PBS Alum Paul Beatty Wins Man Booker Prize for Fiction

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Congratulations to Paul Beatty (BU M.A. in Psychology, 1987) for winning the 2016 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his satirical novel The Sellout. The Man Booker Prize, which launched in 1969, aims to promote the finest in fiction by rewarding the best novel of the year written in English and published in the United Kingdom. The winner […]

PBS Professor Kristin Long awarded GWISE 2016 Mentor of the Year Award

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Professor Kristin Long was recently awarded the BU Graduate Women in Science and Engineering 2016 Mentor of the Year Award. Professor Long was recognized in appreciation for her promotion of women in STEM by mentoring, inspiring and supporting future female leaders. The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences congratulates Professor Long on receiving this distinguished […]

Navy Awards $7.5 Million to BU-Led Neuroscientists

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The Office of Naval Research has awarded $7.5 million to a multi-university team of scientists for the purpose of investigating rule learning processes in the brain. The effort’s principal investigator will be Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Professor Michael Hasselmo. From the Boston University Research write-up: The research will focus on two areas of the […]

NSF Funds State-of-the-Art MRI Scanner

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Boston University researchers $1.6 million for a state-of-the-art Siemens 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner, a fundamental tool for studying the brain and the centerpiece of a new Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging at BU. Chantal Stern, a BU College of Arts & Sciences professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences is […]

PBS Professor Alice Cronin-Golomb to receive Mentorship Award from the American Psychological Association

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Professor Alice Cronin-Golomb will receive the 2016 Mentorship Award in Aging from the APA during the annual convention in Denver this August. The award recognizes Prof. Cronin-Golomb’s record of consistent support, guidance, and strong direction to undergraduate and graduate students in aging and adult development. PBS congratulates Dr. Cronin-Golomb on this well-deserved award.

Dr. John Otis Receives Medical School’s Highest Teaching Honor

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John D. Otis, associate professor of psychiatry, has been recognized with the 2016 Stanley L. Robbins Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest teaching honor awarded by Boston University School of Medicine (MED). The award honors an outstanding educator and acknowledges the importance of teaching skills and commitment to students and education. More details on Dr. […]

Professor Emerita Jean Berko Gleason to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Washington & Jefferson College

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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 […]