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2012 Psychological Sciences Distinguished Alumnus Award goes to Mringanka Sur

Jan. 23, 2012—Mriganka Sur, Newton Professor of Neuroscience and Head of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, is the 2012 winner of the Distinguished alumnus award. Dr Sur did his Ph.D. work in the laboratory of Jon Kaas, here at Vanderbilt. Mriga...

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Congratulations to Thomas Armstrong

Dec. 16, 2011—Congratulations to Thomas Armstrong for receiving the Distinguished Student Research Award in Clinical Psychology by the Society of Clinical Psychology Division 12 of the American Psychological Association. The Distinguished Student Research Award hono...

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Congratulations to Michael Mack, the 2011 winner of the Jum Nunnally Dissertation Award!

Sep. 27, 2011—The Jum Nunnally Dissertation Award recognizes a recent outstanding doctoral dissertation in the Department of Psychology. Michael Mack's thesis exemplifies excellence, hard work, and intellectual ingenuity, and is very deserving of this award. Jum Nu...

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David Zald awarded a Chancellor’s Research Award

Aug. 26, 2011—David Zald and Bob Kessler from the Department of Radiology were awarded a Chancellor's Research Award today for their pioneering work on the linkage between personality and individual differences in dopaminergic function. This is highly important work...

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Cognitive neuroscientist Isabel Gauthier enjoys the process of discovery

May. 11, 2011—Vanderbilt View highlights Professor Gauthier in a story entitled "Joy in the Journey"

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Awards to Graduate Students at Psychology Day

Apr. 28, 2011—Two awards were presented to graduate students in the Department of Psychology during the Psychology Day celebration on Thursday April 28. First, congratulations to Tom Armstrong and Rankin McGugin, co-winners of the Pat Burns Memorial Graduate Student...

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Casagrande elected Fellow of the American Association of Anatomists

Jan. 28, 2011—Vivien Casagrande has just been named a Fellow of the American Association of Anatomists.

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Melonie Williams wins Lisa M. Quesenberry Foundation Award

Jan. 18, 2011—Congratulations to Melonie Williams on being the 2011 winner of the Lisa M. Quesenberry Foundation Award.

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