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Popular TED Talk lecturer Daniel Gilbert to headline Elon’s Spring Convocation TODAY
May 2, 2016
Tickets are now on sale for a talk by Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert, the best-selling author of “Stumbling on Happiness” who will speak March 30, 2017, in Alumni Memorial Gymnasium.
Pre-Med, Neuroscience and Public Health in Scandinavia: Information Session – April 18
April 14, 2016
Specialized curriculum in Copenhagen and Stockholm for students in biology, pre-health sciences, public health and neuroscience.
Buffie Longmire-Avital and India Johnson present at the 2016 Association for Women in Psychology conference, March 3 – 6 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 10, 2016
Assistant professors of psychology, Buffie Longmire-Avital and India Johnson each presented their research as part of the Featured Feminist Science Symposia Series: A Look at Current Issues Facing Black Women through a Psychological Lens at the 41st Annual Association for Women in Psychology Conference, “Strong Girls and Wise Women.”
Amy Overman and students present research at NC Cognition Conference
March 9, 2016
Associate Professor Amy Overman and Elon students Alison Richard '16 and Michelle Stocker '16 presented research at the annual North Carolina Cognition Group conference.
Amy Overman presents at evidence-based teaching conference
February 14, 2016
The associate professor of psychology led a session at the Lilly Conference in Austin, Texas, that focused on how empirical neuroscience research can inform teaching practices.
Buffie Longmire-Avital and Brenda Reavis '15 co-author article in the Journal of Black Psychology
January 13, 2016
Assistant Professor Buffie Longmire-Avital and young alumna Brenda Reavis '15 have co-authored an article in a forthcoming edition of the Journal of Black Psychology examining the ideal and non-negotiable characteristics emerging adult Black American women look for in potential male partners.
Gabie Smith named dean of Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences
December 8, 2015
A professor of psychology with extensive experience managing programs across the university, Smith will lead a college of 19 departments, more than 20 programs, and 260 full-time faculty.
Seven faculty members named Leadership Scholars
December 3, 2015
Seven professors and instructors from across campus have been selected 2015-16 Leadership Faculty Scholars.
PURM releases special issue 'Inclusion of Students from Historically Underrepresented Groups in Undergraduate Research'
November 17, 2015
The special issue of 'Perspectives on Undergraduate Research and Mentoring' contains five research articles.
Helping police interview people new to the English language
October 29, 2015
Research by ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· senior Cecily Basquin points to shortcomings in the way law enforcement gather eyewitness information from non-native English speakers, and she hopes her work – already being shared at international conferences – will lead to improvements in the criminal justice system.