The department of Psychology would like to congratulate Matt Sanders and Lenny Martin for their research being covered on the University of Georgia's main website. Their research examines the relationship between sugar and reaction time. Click here to read the research article. For more information on their research please click here.

The department of Psychology would like to congratulate graduate students Kristin Loiselle, Bonney Reed-Knight, and Natale Sciolino for their awards from the Achievement Rewards for College Students-Foundation. The ARCS funds exceptional research projects and students. For more information on the award, please click here.

The department of Psychology would like to congratulate Dr. Dorothy Fragaszy, Head of the Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program, for being featured on the home page of PLOS ONE. PLOS ONE is one of the most well respected journals in the fields of science and medicine. PLOS ONE is the journal of the Public Library of Science and uses an Open Access model of publication. Dr. Fragaszy's research can be found here.

Professor L. Stephen Miller and graduate student Douglas Terry were recently recognized by UGA Today and other news sources for their recent research on the long-term effects of concussions.

The department would like to congratulate Dr. Jennifer McDowell for being awarded the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) Master Level Faculty Mentoring Award. These awards recognize outstanding faculty who consistently make a concerted effort to engage undergraduate researchers and enhance the learning experience of undergraduates at the University of Georgia.

We would like to congratulate all of the winners of departmental awards at our ceremony in April. For a listing of the award winners, please click here.

The department would like to recognize Dr. Randy Hammond for being covered by UGA Today for his research on obesity and vision loss.

The department would like to congratulate Lillian Eby for being named director of the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research. Dr. Eby's work was recently recognized by UGA Columns for the 2013 Creative Research Awards. Dr.

The department would like to congratulate the Coverdell Center for Neuroimaging Program at the University of Georgia for being awarded renewed support by the John and Mary Franklin Foundation. This award will provide stipends, intensive training, and travel funds for outstanding graduate students using neuroimagin techiniques. The award funding is also used to sponser visiting lectures and keynote speakers.

The department of Psychology was just ranked the 3rd best graduate program for psychology by Graduateprograms.com. These rankings were based off of student responses and a cumulative rating system. For more information on this story, please click here.