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UI student Ashley Lie-Atjam awarded Fulbright to Amsterdam

Ashley Lie-Atjam, who will receive a BS in neuroscience from the University of Iowa in May 2023, is the winner of a Graduate Study Fulbright/Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Award for 2023-24. 
PIER directors Amanda McCleery and Bengi Baran

PBS faculty provide psychosis intervention services to UI students, community through research project

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences assistant professors Amanda McCleery and Bengi Baran, trained respectively in clinical psychology and neuroscience, have launched a program to help anyone in the University of Iowa community experiencing negative mental health symptoms.
Caroline Boyd-Rogers

Boyd-Rogers named 2023 Outstanding Teaching Assistant

Monday, March 27, 2023
Graduate student Caroline Boyd-Rogers was given the Council on Teaching's 2023 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.

Professors Radley and LaLumiere awarded a five-year $3.2 million grant from NIMH

Monday, February 27, 2023
Congratulations to Professors Jason Radley and Ryan LaLumiere, who were recently awarded a five-year $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for their project entitled “Neural circuits and mechanisms underlying active and passive stress coping."

Radley and LaLumiere awarded a five-year $3.2 million grant from NIMH

Monday, February 27, 2023
Congratulations to Professors Jason Radley and Ryan Lalumiere who were recently awarded a five-year $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.

UI study: Pigeons use same basic learning process as AI

Tuesday, February 7, 2023
In a new study, psychologists at the University of Iowa examined the workings of the pigeon brain and how the “brute force” of the bird’s learning shares similarities with artificial intelligence.
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Professor Kochanska elected as a AAAS Fellow

Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Congratulations to Stuit Professor Grazyna Kochanska on being one of two University of Iowa faculty members who were named a 2022 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general-scientific society and publisher of the journal, Science.