Published: March 15, 2014

Ā CU Psychology and Neuroscience Professor EmeritusĀ Tom LandauerĀ passed away recently. He was a professor in the department for several years. His close friend and colleague in the department, Professor Emeritus Lyle E. Bourne, Jr., has written anĀ .

Ā CU Psychology and Neuroscience Distinguished ProfessorĀ Linda WatkinsĀ (Behavioral Neuroscience) was in the popular press for receiving a patent through the CU Technology Transfer Office (along with campus collaborator Hubert Yin of Chemistry and Biochemistry) for novel drugs. These drugs can be useful as an independent treatment for chronic pain, and can lessen the addictive properties of current opioid narcotics. Read theĀ Ā about the patent.

CU Psychology and Neuroscience professorĀ Eliana ColungaĀ (Cognitive) has been awarded a grant through CU-Ā鶹¹ŁĶųā€™s Innovative Seed Grant Program (IGP). For more information about this program, see theĀ .

CU Psychology and Neuroscience professorĀ Irene BlairĀ (Social) was in the news for a recent publication showing that minority patients did not receive differential treatment for hypertension, despite Doctorsā€™ unsconscious biases in favor of whites. Read theĀ Ā about the research, and/or theĀ .

CU Psychology and Neuroscience graduate studentĀ Dan GustavsonĀ (Cognitive, mentored by Akira Miyake) was in the popular media for some research he and colleagues have done regarding procrastination. Dan is quoted in anĀ Ā on PBSā€™sĀ NewsHourwebsite.

CU Psychology and Neuroscience professor (Behavioral Neuroscience) and department chairĀ Theresa HernĆ”ndezĀ is giving a presentation at CU-Ā鶹¹ŁĶų Continuing Educationā€™s ā€œCU on the Weekendā€ series on Saturday, March 8, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. This is part of a recurring series of free Saturday classes with CU-Ā鶹¹ŁĶų faculty sponsored by the Division of Continuing Education. Read moreĀ , and check outĀ Ā for Professor HernĆ”ndezā€™s presentation.

CU Psychology and Neuroscience graduate studentsĀ Jennifer Felder,ĢżDaniel Johnson, andĀ Ashley Smith WattsĀ (all Clinical) received matches at high-caliber clinical internship sites on the national matching day recently. They will be doing their internships at Duke University Medical School, Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital, and Alpert Medical School of Brown University, respectively.