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UA Psychologist to Lead New Core Effort of Arizona Alzheimer's Disease Center

More than 5 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer's disease, and a large population of aging baby boomers could potentially triple that number in the coming decades. As this public health crisis escalates, researchers are working fervently to better understand the disease and who is most at risk for developing it, as well as to find ways to detect it earlier and to slow or halt its progress. Increasingly important in all of these efforts are brain imaging and fluid biomarkers.

Post date: Thu, 11/08/2018 - 14:11

Naps Hinder Learning in Children With Down Syndrome

A growing body of research has linked sleep with improved learning and memory consolidation in both children and adults.

Post date: Tue, 10/30/2018 - 09:59

Lynn Nadel, Ph.D., retires

Last May, after 32 years at the University of Arizona, Dr. Lynn Nadel officially retired from the University of Arizona. In December, we celebrated Lynn’s career with a day-long research meeting here at UA that was attended by the “who’s who” in the field of cognitive neuroscience from around the world - an extraordinary day that reflected the importance of Lynn’s lifelong contribution to science and the special place of honor that he holds in our field.

Post date: Tue, 10/23/2018 - 13:22

Jamie Edgin, Ph.D., awarded Koffler Prize

It is our great pleasure to announce that Dr. Jamie Edgin has been awarded the Henry and Phyllis Koffler Prize for her outstanding accomplishments in Public Service and Outreach. The award, with a prize of $10,000, was endowed by UA past president Dr. Henry Koffler to honor outstanding faculty.

Post date: Tue, 10/23/2018 - 13:14

Carol Barnes, Ph.D., elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Carol Barnes, University of Arizona Regents’ Professor of Psychology, Neurology, and Neuroscience, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences, in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Barnes is the only new member from Arizona, and only the 14th current member from the UA. Barnes, who holds the UA’s Evelyn F.

Post date: Tue, 10/23/2018 - 11:59

New Psychology Undergraduate Scholarships

Michelle (Rogers) Villegas-Gold Undergraduate Scholarship in Psychology

The Villegas-Gold Undergraduate Scholarship in Psychology was established by UA Psychology Alum Michelle Villegas-Gold to assist undergraduate students majoring in Psychology who are first-generation college students and are unlikely to receive funding to graduate, with an interest in pursuing a career in gender issues, sexual trauma, or mental health issues. The first recipient of this scholarship is Psychology undergrad Jacob Ybarra.

Post date: Tue, 10/23/2018 - 10:55

New: “Buddies Program" for Psychology Arizona Online Students

In Spring 2018, Ashley Jordan, Assistant Professor of Practice and Director of Psychology’s Arizona Online, implemented a new program specifically designed for online Psychology students: The Buddies Program! The program was developed to allow students an opportunity to connect with each other and have an “accountability partner” to help each other stay on track with coursework.

Post date: Tue, 10/23/2018 - 10:13

Psychology Students Impact the Local Community with Donations

Jeff Stone’s Social Psychology of Attitudes course requires students to apply course material to real-life situations. Students in the class recently went out to the Tucson community to educate people about food insecurity on campus, and to request donations for UA’s Campus Pantry, whose mission is to alleviate hunger in the UA Wildcat community by providing food assistance to those in need. Students developed their own sales campaigns and took their campaign door-to-door. The results were impressive, collecting over 400 pounds of food and 200 in cash donations.

Post date: Tue, 10/23/2018 - 10:00

Engagement course brings together undergrads and older adults

Elizabeth Glisky’s new Adult Development and Aging class this past Spring connected 20 senior undergrads with older adults in the Tucson community. The students visited with residents of retirement communities to learn about their lives. The students wrote up the life stories and published them in a book with individually-designed covers and photos, and presented them to each of their senior friends at the end of the semester.

Post date: Tue, 10/23/2018 - 09:39

Welcome New Faculty

Eve Isham, Assistant Professor

Post date: Mon, 10/22/2018 - 15:55