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Alumni News!
Dr. Luna Muñoz is the recipient of the 2010 Neville Butler Memorial Prize for her paper titled 'Parenting and Youth Conduct Problems and Delinquency: Reciprocal Effects and Moderation by Callous-Unemotional Traits.' Dr. Muñoz's award is for early career researchers involved in longitudinal research in the UK. Read more about Dr. Muñoz here.
UNO Alumni Shines!
Kelly E. Dunn (UNO M.Sc., 2004) recently received the APA Division 28 Outstanding Dissertation Award. Kelly received her doctorate last year (2009) from the University of Vermont's General/Experimental Psychology program and is now a NIDA-Postdoctoral Fellow at the Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit (BPRU) and the Center for Learning and Health (CLH) in the Psychiatry Department at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Congratulations Kelly!
Dr. Kevin Greve, Research Professor at UNO, was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN). Dr. Greve began his 5 year term with the AACN in early February, 2010.
Dr. Benjamin Lahey, from the Department of Health Studies at the University of Chicago, kicked off the UNO Psychology Department’s research colloquium colloquium series in September with a special guest lecture on “A Development Propensity Model of Child and Adolescent Conduct Disorder”.
Dr. Marco Del Giudice, from the Center for Cognitive Science at the University of Turin, brought international expertise to the UNO Psychology Department’s research colloquium series in November with a special guest lecture on “Developmental switch points in human development: the case of adrenarche”.
The Psychology Department is Wireless! The Undergraduate student lounge in GP 2026 now has wireless connectivity, so students can meet with friends, do homework and enjoy the amenities at UNO.
Revised 03/17/10