Published: March 15, 2014

聽CU Psychology and Neuroscience Professor Emeritus聽Tom Landauer聽passed away recently. He was a professor in the department for several years. His close friend and colleague in the department, Professor Emeritus Lyle E. Bourne, Jr., has written an聽.

聽CU Psychology and Neuroscience Distinguished Professor聽Linda Watkins聽(Behavioral Neuroscience) was in the popular press for receiving a patent through the CU Technology Transfer Office (along with campus collaborator Hubert Yin of Chemistry and Biochemistry) for novel drugs. These drugs can be useful as an independent treatment for chronic pain, and can lessen the addictive properties of current opioid narcotics. Read the聽聽about the patent.

CU Psychology and Neuroscience professor聽Eliana Colunga聽(Cognitive) has been awarded a grant through CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 Innovative Seed Grant Program (IGP). For more information about this program, see the聽.

CU Psychology and Neuroscience professor聽Irene Blair聽(Social) was in the news for a recent publication showing that minority patients did not receive differential treatment for hypertension, despite Doctors鈥 unsconscious biases in favor of whites. Read the聽聽about the research, and/or the聽.

CU Psychology and Neuroscience graduate student聽Dan Gustavson聽(Cognitive, mentored by Akira Miyake) was in the popular media for some research he and colleagues have done regarding procrastination. Dan is quoted in an聽聽on PBS鈥檚聽NewsHourwebsite.

CU Psychology and Neuroscience professor (Behavioral Neuroscience) and department chair聽Theresa Hern谩ndez聽is giving a presentation at CU-麻豆影院 Continuing Education鈥檚 鈥淐U on the Weekend鈥 series on Saturday, March 8, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. This is part of a recurring series of free Saturday classes with CU-麻豆影院 faculty sponsored by the Division of Continuing Education. Read more聽, and check out聽聽for Professor Hern谩ndez鈥檚 presentation.

CU Psychology and Neuroscience graduate students聽Jennifer Felder,听Daniel Johnson, and聽Ashley Smith Watts聽(all Clinical) received matches at high-caliber clinical internship sites on the national matching day recently. They will be doing their internships at Duke University Medical School, Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital, and Alpert Medical School of Brown University, respectively.