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Dean's Distinguished Lecture series | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Illinois The LAS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture series provides an opportunity for members of the LAS and broader campus communities to hear from some of the college’s most distinguished faculty.

Kara Federmeier has been selected to give her talk, "What’s in a word? Finding meaning in the brain," at this year's LAS Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series.

You can register to join in-person or via webinar in the link below!

las.illinois.edu/research/dea...

24.02.2026 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Eyes on the prize!

Join our Psych Leaders on the 23rd for a fun night of vision board design.

18.02.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Lasting Impact on Student Success: Gary Wszalek Wins Sustained Excellence in Academic Advising | Department of Psychology | Illinois For 25 years, Gary Wszalek has taken special care to make sure our undergraduate population is set up for success while pursuing their degree in psychology.

Another award for our Head Advisor, Gary Wszalek.

He's really like that. 😁

psychology.illinois.edu/news/2026-02...

11.02.2026 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Restarting our First Friday series with a special online gathering!

Join us this afternoon at 3p.

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06.02.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Intern Spotlight: Juju Gonzales-Moreno | HRI - Humanities Research Institute - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Learn about Juju Gonzalez-Moreno's experience w the Odyssey Project.

In one word, Juju described it as "Learning"β€” particularly about the students. β€œI’m learning about them, about who they are, what they do, their passions, the things they want to achieve.”

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29.01.2026 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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College of LAS announces staff and academic professional awards | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Illinois Imag

You would be hard pressed to find a human in the building that has not benefitted from Victoria Huart's expertise, candor, and friendly nature.

We look forward to celebrating this well deserved award later this spring!

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12.01.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SO HONORED AND GRATEFUL to receive the Emerging Latino Leader Award at the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation Gala.

Thank you Senator Karina Villa and Rey Raigoza. Grateful to @psychillinois.bsky.social Head Diane Beck, Dean Venetria Patton, & @benhankin.bsky.social for nominating me.

22.11.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You know that the Psych Leaders have your back when finals roll around.

Come by the atrium on Monday for a pick me up!

03.12.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An exciting NEW DEVELOPMENTAL LAB is coming soon! Scan or click below to see how YOU can join in!

psychology.illinois.edu/news/2025-11...

17.11.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fallen LAS student moved to Arlington National Cemetery | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Illinois Image

Sgt. Shawna Morrison was the first female member of the Illinois National Guard to die in overseas combat. She was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

Thank you, and all veterans, for your service, sacrifice and dedication.

las.illinois.edu/news/2025-11...

11.11.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TOMORROW, come pack the Beckman Institute Auditorium again for another installment of our "First Friday Colloquium Series."

Join a variety of our faculty at 3 p.m., talking about "Lifespan Development: Research, Reflections, and Realities."

calendars.illinois.edu/detail/6421?...

06.11.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Psychometric Evaluation of the Regulating Emotions in Parenting Scale in Sexual and Gender Minority Parents - Antonia Yuxin Hua, Qimin Liu, Violeta J. Rodriguez, 2025 Emotion regulation (ER) in parenting is crucial for parental well-being and children’s mental health. However, ER in parenting is often studied as a general con...

New paper in Assessmentauthored by @psychillinois.bsky.social MSPS student @antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social, with @qmmmmliu.bsky.social.

We validated the Regulating Emotions in Parenting Scale (REPS) across LGBT parents.

Read: doi.org/10.1177/1073...

25.10.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Psychology Leaders are bringing in an expert this Monday to help maximize the potential of your resume!

If you haven't started this process, this would be a perfect first step.

23.10.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Clean up litter and eat some pizza - SPlog The City of Champaign will observe America Recycles Day with a litter cleanup event at Boneyard Creek on Saturday, October 25th. Everything you need to clean up the community space will be provided–gl...

The City of Champaign will observe America Recycles Day with a litter cleanup event at Boneyard Creek on Saturday, October 25th.

21.10.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dean Pospisil is giving a short talk as part of a series primarily focused on understanding the function of the human brain as well in exploration of novel brain-inspired energy efficient & scalable reasoning computing architectures.

@Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Auditorium 1000

21.10.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Current & former CANOPYLab members (@OlshanSarah, @cjrichier, and Kyle A. Baacke) demonstrated how brain-based ML model errors can provide nuanced insight into overlapping disorder characteristics in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science.

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13.10.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Download our recent episode of "Sixth & Daniel" covering the new Undergraduate Psychology Journal, "Psych Bites."

We interviewed two of its creators, Jess Chen and Hannah Lamb, to learn about its inception and future plans.

linktr.ee/psychillinois

07.10.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you have ever been curious about the Graduate School path, please join our Psychology Leaders on Monday, the 6th, at 5 p.m.

James Castree will be sharing his experience navigating his educational journey.

All majors welcome! 😊

03.10.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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October is #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, and we invite you to pre-register for a Breast Cancer Screening Day on October 8.

Please call 312-610-0463 to pre-register. Screening time and location will be confirmed upon registration.

More information here: bit.ly/46aiVka

01.10.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Your plans are made for THIS Friday afternoon! Join us for our 2nd installment of the Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series.

3-4:30p no RSVP

calendars.illinois.edu/detail/6421/...

29.09.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Mayo Clinic Summer 2026 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Information Session. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the... Learn about undergraduate research opportunities available at Mayo Clinic, including the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program, Health Equity Research Experience (HERE), and Clinical...

Interested in summer research at Mayo Clinic?

#Illinois undergrads have unique pathways to research at Mayo Clinic.

Join us at an information session Oct. 2, 6-7 p.m., over Zoom to learn more about summer programs SURF, CRISP, & HERE.

Register for Zoom details: illinois.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

22.09.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like our afternoon plans have just turned up. πŸ‘€

Thank you for sharing!

22.09.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are excited to watch you grow!

17.09.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New undergraduate RA spotlight! NyJae is a junior majoring in Intradisciplinary Psychology. She is interested in how concepts like stereotype threat and pluralistic ignorance shape minority experiences and contribute to disparities in education, work, and daily life.

15.09.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New undergraduate RA spotlight! Lauren is a senior majoring in Developmental Psychology and minoring in Criminology, Law, & Society. She is exploring various interests in identity formation, group behavior, ethics and morality, forensic osteology, and criminology.

15.09.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Disentangling the Heterogeneity in Minority Stress: A Data Mining Approach - Archives of Sexual Behavior Minority stress theory posits that discrimination contributes to increased distress among individuals with minoritized identities, including individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, and bisexual. The...

🚨 New publication in Archives of Sexual Behavior! ❀️

Co–first authored w/ Dr. Qimin Liu β€” we applied conditional inference trees to examine intragroup nuances in discrimination + psychological distress among U.S. sexual minority adults.

@psychillinois.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

13.09.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There is a lot of change and uncertainty that comes with a new place, a new environment, and new experiences.

Please know that your lives are valuable, your identities are valid, and your stories matter. You are not alone.

10.09.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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✨ REGISTRATION OPEN! ✨

I’ll be speaking (1:35pm ET) at the NIH Workshop for Early Career Investigators in HIV, hosted by NIH OAR 🎀

Join us to talk NIH resources, funding, and advancing #EndingTheHIVepidemic.

πŸ”— www.scgcorp.com/eciworkshop2...

06.09.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

🚨 New paper in JMIR! 🚨

With @qmmmmliu.bsky.social, we analyzed nearly 1,000 Facebook comments on our LGBTQIA+ parent research ads. While frustrating to read, we’re excited to share this work to shine light on the stigma researchers & families face in digital spaces.

πŸ”— doi.org/10.2196/79080

08.09.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'KPop Demon Hunters' lead actress Arden Cho talks about her days at the University of Illinois - IPM Newsroom A University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana graduate stars in Netflix's most popular original movie.

Sometimes it just takes a Psych Alum to make...the biggest animated movie in Netflix history!

Listen to this interview @ilpublicmedia.bsky.social with our very own Arden Cho who voices "Rumi" in K-Pop Demon Hunters!

ipmnewsroom.org/kpop-demon-h...

04.09.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0