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Welcome Soonjin Lee to Floor Three
It is a bittersweet feeling when a long time employee retires. You miss interacting with a familiar and welcoming colleague, but you are happy for them to start the next chapter of their lives. Then comes the wave of anticipation as someone new comes into the fold. Soonjin Lee has recently...
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Three undergrads begin their summer at the Mayo Clinic
Three of our undergraduate students have been selected to begin summer programs at the Mayo Clinic this summer via the Mayo Clinic & Illinois Alliance for Technology-Based Healthcare.Read their full bios and learn about the other students selected in this...
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Sign up for PSYCH Online Courses This Summer!
Courses are offered during the following timeframes below.Session 1 - (5/18-6/12) Session 18 - (5/18-7/10)  Session 2 - (6/15-8/6)PSYC 100: Intro Psych (Session 1 and 18)PSYC 201: Intro to Social Psych (Session 1 and 2)...
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Psychology Career Expo
 The Registered Student Organization, "Women In Psychology" are hosting a Psychology Career Expo on Saturday, April 18, from noon to 3 p.m.We reached out to one of the co-creators, Veronica Sakowicz, to give you all the bullet points you need to enjoy this wonderful event. "A lot of students (...
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Professor Kim Rios and Doctoral Student Mazyar Bagherian Receive Grant to Study Christians' Representation in Science
Professor Kimberly Rios and doctoral candidate Mazyar Bagherian have received the 2026-27 Louisville Institute's Grant for Researchers. This $55,000 award supports scholars and researchers across a range of disciplines who are engaged in work that advances understanding of American Christianity....
Anna Kokayeff (BS'01; MD'07, UIC)

Alumni Spotlight: Anna Kokayeff (BS'01; MD'07, UIC)

I attended UIUC 1996 to 2001 (I went pre-med the last semester of my junior year, and had to stay an extra year). The most valuable aspect of my education in the psychology department was the tremendous variety of courses available. I focused primarily on neuroscience but took some courses in abnormal psychology, child psych, and special needs populations as well, and spent a year and a half in the psychology paraprofessionals program. I worked for 3 years in Dr Jeff Mogil's pain and pharmacogenetics lab and completed an honors thesis (we recently re-connected over coffee at a conference in...

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Fred Volkmar

Recent Award Winner: Fred R. Volkmar

Fred R. Volkmar (B.S. 1972) earned an M.A. in psychology and an M.D. from Stanford University. He has been associated with Yale University since 1980, when he came to the Yale Child Study Center as a fellow in child psychiatry. He joined the faculty in 1982 as an assistant professor of child psychiatry, pediatrics, and psychology, and currently holds the position of Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology. He is recognized as the leading expert in the field of autism and related disorders, such as Asperger's syndrome. Volkmar also serves as a consulting and...