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Professor Mark Zanna named Distinguished Professor Emeritus. Over 39 years at the University of Waterloo, Zanna has risen to become the very top social psychologist in Canada and among the top in the world.

At the recent Canadian Brain Behaviour & Cognitive Science conference held in Ottawa, UWaterloo Psychology graduate students won prizes for their research…

Jeff Wammes - Hebb Award at CSBBCS for Best Poster

"The drawing effect: Evidence for reliable and robust memorial benefits"

by Jeffrey D Wammes, Melissa E Meade, Myra A Fernandes

Paul Seli - Hebb Award at CSBBCS runner-up for Best Poster

"Can People Strategically Mind-Wander?"

We are thrilled to announce that Gianine Nicole Mapula has been chosen as one of the valedictorians for the Faculty of Arts Convocation cerenomy!

Gianine will be receiving an Honours BA in Speech Communication - Psychology Minor - Human Resources Management Minor. Congratulations Gianine!

panel of scientist listening to Bob McDonald speak to audience at show taping

CBC Quirks & Quarks Question RoadShow with Bob McDonald was in Waterloo last night to record their show at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in the Mike Lazaridis Theatre of Ideas.

Xiao Qi (Frank) Mu is the Honours Psychology (BA) recipient of the 2014/2015 ‘Departmental Award - For Distinguished Academic Achievement’.

Frank graduated October 2014 with Honours Psychology and Arts and Business Coop. He is a current graduate student in the I/O area in Psychology at Waterloo.

Dr. Jonathan Fugelsang, Dr. Evan Risko, Dr. Joanne Wood and Dr. Erik Woody will receive the Outstanding Performance Award this year, based on their record of excellence in teaching and scholarship in 2014. This well-deserved recognition serves as a "thank you" for their outstanding contributions to the professional life of the University of Waterloo.

Dr. O'Neill sitting at table with toy shelves beside her

From the time parents find out that they are expecting they begin to worry about how their child is developing. They obsess over metrics, percentiles and even anecdotes to determine whether their child’s development is on track or, even better, whether they will be ahead of the pack.

Geoffrey T. Fong has been elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. This is a signal honour, on par with election to the Royal Society of Canada.

The latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) world ranking of universities and departments places Waterloo Psychology in the top 100 worldwide. We’re in good company with other Waterloo departments – Architecture, Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Science, Geography, Sociology, Statistics, and three of the Engineering departments. You can read more about this in the President’s message to the university:

Two women holding up large "What's your Idea sign"

Taking inspiration from Marc Andreessen’s “The 55 Unknown Rock Stars in Tech”, CyberNorth Ventures presents “The 55 Rock Stars of Waterloo”, a list of innovators in idea creation and community support.

#48 from the list of Rock Stars is Michaela Angemeer, a 4th year Honours student in Psychology.

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Professor Mark Zanna named Distinguished Professor Emeritus.

Psych grads win prizes for research at Canadian Brain Behaviour & Cognitive Science conference

Gianine Nicole Mapula chosen as one of the valedictorians

Dr. Myra Fernandes on CBC Quirks & Quarks Question RoadShow

Departmental Award - For Distinguished Academic Achievement 2014/2015

Four Psych Professors receive Outstanding Performance Award

How Do Young Children Develop Language?

Geoffrey T. Fong elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Psychology at Waterloo in the Top 100!

The 55 Rock Stars of Waterloo