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Psychology is the science of mind, brain, and behavior

The Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania is the oldest continuously functioning psychology department in North America. 

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Cory Clark, Executive Director of the Adversarial Collaboration Project at University of Pennsylvania and Associate Professor of Psychology at New College of Florida

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Leah Richmond-Rakerd, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan

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Kathryn Paige Harden, Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training, University of Texas at Austin

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Department News

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Marvin Maechler accepted as a Penn AI Fellow

Congratulations to Marvin Maechler for being accepted as a Penn AI Fellow! Penn AI Fellows represent a wide spectrum of academic disciplines and are the newest generation of researchers innovating in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science through the close mentorship of Penn’s faculty.

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Anna Papafragou elected as a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society

Congratulations to Anna Papafragou, Professor of Linguistics, who has been elected as a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society.  These Fellows are "individuals whose research has exhibited sustained excellence and had sustained impact on the Cognitive Science community."