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Outstanding Graduate Student Research
Congratulations to Jolie Baumann, on being the chosen recipient of the 2011 Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award in Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences.
June 25, 2014
Dr. Lane coauthored book on Deaf Culture
Harlan Lane, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, has coauthored a new book on Deaf Culture.
June 24, 2014
3Qs: The side effects of sudden fame
Randy Colvin, Associate Professor of Psychology at Northeastern, assesses how overnight fame, mega success and good fortune affect behavior.
June 23, 2014
Amygdala Related to Adult Social Behavior
Lisa Feldman Barrett, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, and colleagues evaluated the brain structures of 58 participants using MRI scans.
June 22, 2014
Angry People See Guns
Congratulations to graduate student Jolie Baumann and her advisor David DeSteno.
June 21, 2014
Research Duo Make Presence Known at International Conference
Congratulations to Professor Judith Hall and Doctoral Student Danielle Blanch-Hartigan
June 20, 2014
The King of queen bees
Biology student Lena King was captivated the first time she saw an open bee hive. On co-op at a Boston-based beekeeping company, she's observing the world of the queen bee and researching ways to help honeybees survive.
June 20, 2014
Take 5: A ‘Nor’Easter’ on Florida’s tropical shores?
For the next two weeks faculty, students, and staff from Northeastern University’s Urban Coastal Sustainability Initiative and led by professors Mark Patterson and Brian Helmuth are taking part in Mission 31.
June 20, 2014
Farewell Friend
Michelle Israel, who guided hundreds of psychology students through successful Cooperative Education experiences, is leaving the Psychology Department to take on her next challenge as Head Co-op advisor for Behavioral Neuroscience.
June 19, 2014
An off-switch for drugs’ toxic side effects
New research from the Center for Drug Discovery at Northeastern presents a series of molecules that can be controllably deactivated, thereby reducing the side effects of potentially valuable drugs.
June 19, 2014
Psychology to Hire Two Assistant Professors
The Psychology Department is pleased to invite applications for two tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level in the emerging field of affective science.
June 18, 2014
The noisy world of mud crabs
Fish are not silent creatures. Just like the terrestrial world, there’s a veritable symphony of sound echoing under the sea. Indeed, the black drum fish was the subject of many a phone call to the Miami police back in 2005, when their midnight mating calls were waking up the locals.
June 18, 2014
Psychology Joins the College of Science
On July 1, 2010 the Department of Psychology joined the College of Science.
June 17, 2014
Dr. David DeSteno Named Editor of Emotion
Congratulations to Dr. David DeSteno for being selected Editor of Emotion.
June 16, 2014