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Psychology Department and Law School to offer joint JD/PhD beginning Fall 2012

November 1, 2011

JD/PhD Department of Psychology

The JD/PhD Program is designed to expose lawyers and psychologists to the growing number of issues that involve both fields, such as competence, mental illness and incapacity, and the field of behavioral law and economics.

Both degrees can be earned in seven years course of study. Students will generally spend their first year in the Department of Psychology. The second academic year is spent full-time in the first-year curriculum of the Law School. Years three and four continue with study at the Law School, with some course...

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Marc Coutanche awarded an International Student Research Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

August 4, 2011

Marc Coutanche has been awarded an inaugural International Student Research Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. For more information about this award, please click here.

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John Trueswell and Lila Gleitman describe their research in the June 2011 edition of SAS Frontiers

July 1, 2011

In the June 2011 edition of SAS Frontiers, John Trueswell and Lila Gleitman describe their research using adults to mimic the language-learning process in infants in "Lending an Ear" by Blake Cole

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Christian Webb to receive the Leonard Krasner Dissertation Award

May 19, 2011

Christian Webb will receive the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy's Leonard Krasner Dissertation Award at the ABCT'S annual convention this year in Toronto.

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Dr. Dianne Chambless to receive the Klaus-Grawe Award

May 19, 2011

The Klaus-Grawe-Award for the Advancement of Innovative Research in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy for 2011 will be awarded to Dr. Dianne Chambless on June 2, 2011. At the ceremony she will give a lecture on the topic of "Evidence Based Psychotherapy – boon or bane?".

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Dr. Angela Duckworth Named "Rising Star"

May 5, 2011

Dr. Angela Duckworth was named a "Rising Star" by the Association of Psychological Science.

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Eli Tsukayama named a 2011 Dean's Scholar

February 23, 2011

Fourth year graduate student Eli Tsukayama named a 2011 Dean's Scholar.

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Drs. Cheney and Seyfarth Awarded the 2010 Cozzarelli Prize

February 22, 2011

Drs. Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth’s recent PNAS paper - Contingent cooperation between wild female baboons - was awarded the 2010 Cozzarelli prize for the best article in the area of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Papers selected for the Cozzarelli Prize were chosen from more than 3,700 research articles published by PNAS in 2010 and represent the six broadly defined classes under which the National Academy of Sciences is organized. The annual award acknowledges recently published papers that reflect scientific...

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Barbara Mellers and Philip Tetlock Named Penn Integrates Knowledge Professors

February 1, 2011

Barbara Mellers and Philip Tetlock have been named the newest Penn Integrates Knowledge Professors. Barbara Mellers, a globally influential scholar of decision making, will have a shared appointment with the Department of Psychology and the Department of Marketing in the Wharton School. Philip Tetlock, a scholar of political psychology and organizational behavior, will have a shared appointment with the Department of Psychology and the Department of Management in Wharton.

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John Trueswell Named AAAS Fellow

January 30, 2011

John Trueswell has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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JD/PhD Department of Psychology