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Karisa Parkington a Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology was awarded the 2017 University of Waterloo “Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies”.                                Congratulations Karisa!

At the recent CPA annual meeting in Toronto, the UW Psychology I/O students swept the CSIOP student presentation awards:

Edward Yeung won the CSIOP RHR Kendall Award for Best Paper.  Title: "Diversity Recruitment: Broken Promises or Unrealized Potential?"

Canaan Legault won the CSIOP Best Poster Award.  Title: "Goal Frame Moderates the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Resource Allocation."

                    Congrats Edward and Canaan!

Three in Psychology were awarded at the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science meeting in Regina:

1.  Myra Fernandes - the inaugural Women in Cognitive Science Mentorship Award
2. Colin MacLeod - the Richard C. Tees Distinguished Leadership Award
3. Melissa Meade - the Donald O. Hebb Graduate Student Award (best paper by a graduate student)

Congratulations to all!

Distinguished Academic Achievement - Bethany Ann Nightingale

Honorary Member of the University - Heather Lynn Smith

University Professor - Joanne Wood

Recipients of the Outstanding Performance Award 

•  Vince Di Ruzza
•  Richard Eibach
• Ori Friedman
• Heather Henderson
•  David Moscovitch
• Paul Wehr

Mismatched goals may lead interactions between well-intentioned White and racial minority individuals to go awry. Waterloo Assistant Professor Hilary Bergsieker and her colleagues clarify the divergent expectations that diverse groups often bring into encounters with one another.

International media jumped after the University issued a media release on a psychology study led PhD candidate, Mengran Xu. Not so surprisingly, finding a strategy to reduce anxious mind-wandering is a hot topic, and Xu's research suggests that brief mindful meditation may be a good one.

Congratulations Derek!