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Friday, June 12, 2015

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

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?"

Monday, June 8, 2015

Gianine Nicole Mapula chosen as one of the valedictorians

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!

Frank Mu
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Departmental Award - For Distinguished Academic Achievement 2014/2015

Frank Mu
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.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Four Psych Professors receive Outstanding Performance Award

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
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

How Do Young Children Develop Language?

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.

Friday, May 1, 2015

Psychology at Waterloo in the Top 100!

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:

James Danckert and Paul Wehr looking at students poster
Monday, April 6, 2015

PSYCH39x Science Fair

James Danckert and Paul Wehr looking at students poster
The first PSYCH39x Science Fair was  held on Monday April 6th between 2pm and 4pm on the main floor of  EV3, just outside of Williams Fresh Cafe.  This event featured project posters from the students of James Danckert and Paul Wehr's sections of PSYCH398.