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June 01, 2016

Psychology Chair Professor Carl Hart was interviewed on NY1 about the apparent K2 overdoses in Brooklyn. Visit the NY1 website to watch the interview.

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August 31, 2017

Dr. E. Tory Higgins is the winner of the 2017 SPSP Ambady Award for Mentoring Excellence.

The Ambady Award for Mentoring Excellence is a teaching and mentoring award that honors a personality or social psychologist who has demonstrated a career-long commitment to fostering the professional and intellectual development of students and early career researchers.

August 21, 2017

The Real Opioid Emergency by Prof. Carl Hart

American pattern of cognitive flexibility on drug policy, with harsh penalties for some and sympathetic treatment for others, has a long history — one that continues to this day.

July 19, 2017

Justice-in-Education Initiative Featured in Columbia Magazine

The Initiative is a partnership between the Center for Justice, lead by Professor Geraldine Downey, and the Heyman Center for the Humanities.

June 28, 2017

Graduate Student Mark Conley and Professor Tory Higgins Featured in the Harvard Business Review

An article on gender and entrepreneurship that was recently accepted into the Academy of Management Journal is now featured in the Harvard Business Review.

June 20, 2017

Prof. Lemgruber will Work with Prof. Hart to Conduct a Comparative Analysis of the Cost of The War on Drugs in Brazil and the United States

May 12, 2017

Prof. Geraldine Downey Featured in The Columbia Commitment Campaign

Prof. Geraldine Downey is commitment to contributing to the criminal justice reform. 

May 02, 2017

Department of Psychology Annual Research Day

Join the Department of Psychology on May 2nd for a full day of MA talks. 

April 26, 2017

Professor Donald C. Hood Receives Honorary Doctorate from Brown University

At its 249th Commencement on Sunday, May 28, Brown University will confer honorary doctorates on six candidates who have achieved great distinction in a variety of fields, one of which is our very own Professor Donal C. Hood. 

    April 20, 2017

    Professor Rae Silver to be a Keynote Speaker at American University

    On April 20th - 21st, Professor Rae Silver will speak at American University on the topic of "Sex Differences: From neuroscience to the clinic and beyond." 

    April 12, 2017

    Penn Professor Dorothy E. Roberts, winner of the Mamie Phipps Clark and Kenneth B. Clark Distinguished Lecture Award

    Prof. Robert will deliver a public lecture in recognition of this honor on April 12th, at 4:10PM in Low Library.

    Watch Prof. Robert’s TEDMED talk here.

    November 17, 2016

    Professor Carl Hart Addresses Opioid Crisis

    Columbia Psychology Chair, Professor Carl Hart, addresses the so-called opioid crisis in a recent OpEd.

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    November 16, 2016

    Geraldine Downey Awarded Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Trust Grant

    Columbia Psychology Professor Geraldine Downey was recently awarded the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Trust Award for inspiring her former students to make a significant contribution to society.

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    October 05, 2016

    Diversity in Higher Education

    Psychology department chair Professor Carl Hart and his student Zach Wood wrote companion opinion pieces for The Washington Post on the meaning of diversity in higher education and the importance of students having access to diverse faculty.

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    September 01, 2016

    Bridget Callaghan Awarded Two Prestigious Grants

    Bridget Callaghan, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Columbia University Department of Psychology, was recently awarded a Sir Keith Murdoch Fellowship and a 2016 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant.

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    August 30, 2016

    Jailing Old Folks Makes No Sense

    Psychology Professor Geraldine Downey and Professor Frances Negrón-Muntaner pen a New York Times oped on the impact of incarcerating older prisoners.

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    August 11, 2016

    DEA Says No to Reforming Senseless Pot Laws

    Columbia University Psychology Professor Carl Hart writes for Scientific American on the DEA rejection of a petition to classify marijuana as no more dangerous than methamphetamine.

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    June 01, 2016

    NY1

    Psychology Chair Professor Carl Hart was interviewed on NY1 about the apparent K2 overdoses in Brooklyn. Visit the NY1 website to watch the interview.

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    May 01, 2016

    Heritage Wall of Fame

    Professor Tory Higgins was recently named to the Heritage Wall of Fame. This award recognizes and celebrates personality and social psychology’s heritage by honoring great teachers and scientists.

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    April 01, 2016

    American Psychological Association

    The American Psychological Association recently highlighted a paper in Behavioral Neuroscience by psychology graduate student Billur Avlar and coauthors.

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    March 01, 2016

    Tannenbaun-Warner Award

    Congratulations to Professor Herb Terrace, who has received the Tannenbaun-Warner Award for Distinguished Scholarship and Exceptional Service to the University Seminars.

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    February 01, 2016

    City of Miami

    Congratulations to Professor Carl Hart: The City of Miami has proclaimed February 1, 2016 Dr. Carl Hart Day! To read more about it, visit his website.

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    September 15, 2015

    Talks@Columbia

    Professor Geraldine Downey recently gave a talk on "Why Education Matters" for Columbia's new lecture series, Talks@Columbia. 

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