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Coolest Science Story of 2020 Winner Zeynep Saygin and her Team
Human brains pre-wired for words is coolest science story of 2020The polls have closed, the ballots have been counted, and when it comes to the coolest Ohio State science story of the year, we’re…

Nancy Betz, is recipient of the 2020 APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research
Nancy Betz, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, is recipient of the 2020 APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research. Congratulations Nancy! This award will be…

Jay Myung Named 2020 AAAS Fellow
Jay Myung, Professor, Department of Psychology | Was named 2020 AAAS Fellow for distinguished applied and basic research on computational cognition, Bayesian cognitive modeling,…

Dr. Ian Krajbich Highlighted in Cattel Fund Project Article
Dr. Ian Krajbich has recently been recognized for his sabbatical research, supported by the APS Cattel Fund.
Dr. Ian Krajbich and his research

Dr. Jolynn Pek & Team Awarded with Project Funding
Dr. Jolynn Pek and an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Ohio State has been awarded grant funding for a recent project.
Dr. Pek, along with PI JaNelle Ricks, Deena…

Benedetta Leuner named Director of Neuroscience major
Dr. Benedetta Leuner, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, has been named director of the Undergraduate Neuroscience Major program, effective September 1. The Undergraduate…

Racial Justice and Intro to Psychology: An article featuring Melissa Beers
Dr. Melissa Beers, program director for Psychology 1100, was interviewed by the College of Arts and Sciences to discuss her ALX grant and what this means for the course content of …

Kathryn Lenz receives Early-Career Faculty Excellence Award
Dr. Kathryn Lenz is recipient of the 2020 College of Arts and Sciences Early Career Faculty Excellence Award. This award recognizes the top candidate for promotion to Associate Professor in Social…

Courtney L. Benjamin Wolk Named Judy E. Hall Award Winner
Courtney L. Benjamin Wolk Ph.D., an undergraduate alumni of the Psychology Department, was recently named the 2020 recipient of the Judy E. Hall Early Career Psychologist Award.
The…