Ana Mari Cauce addresses reporters after being selected to be the University of Washington president. She is the first Latina to be chosen for the top job. (Photo by Venice Buhain.)The University of Washington Board of Regents selected Ana Mari Cauce to be its new president. Cauce, who had been serving as interim president since February, is the university’s first Latina to be chosen for the top job, and the first woman appointed to the position permanently. “I think the importance of being a role model is not at all trivial,” she told reporters Tuesday afternoon. “And I’m very >>>

Golden Apple Winner Crystal Crawford Crystal Crawford’s 10th and 12th graders are working on their psychology research projects. “They’re going to be conducting some studies and they’ve all come up with something that interests them in the field of psychology,” she says. “They’ve gone through the scientific method, figuring out what is there research question, what is their hypothesis, and how can they carry out the study and obtain data, and do their data analysis.” Mrs. Crawford doesn’t just clock in and clock out. She knows these students need her after >>>

Breaking ranks with a long-standing tradition to pick outsiders to lead, the University of Washington’s Board of Regents on Tuesday chose longtime UW professor and administrator Ana Mari Cauce as the university’s next president. Cauce, a 30-year employee who climbed the university’s ranks from professor to interim president, joins a rare group among those tapped to head major American universities: A president selected from the inside. Cauce, 59, succeeds former President Michael Young, whose abrupt departure to take a higher-paying president’s gig at Texas AM in February, left >>>

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The American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of three former CIA prisoners, is attempting to bring about the first legal reprisal against psychologists involved in post-9/11 torture programs.Today, a suit was filed against James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, seeking compensatory damages of at least $75,000. The pair, who charged $180 million for their work, designed and implemented the CIA’s torture program, which they claimed was based on psychological studies. The ACLU alleges that Mitchell and Jessen “performed illegal human experimentation on CIA prisoners to test and refine the program.”Suleiman >>>

Pew Research Study: Do Teenagers Have A Texting Problem? By Sonja Killebrew | Oct 13, 2015 03:47 PM EDT A study done by the Pew Research Center has examined the relationship between the frequency of teenage texting, problematic and compulsive texting, and teenagers' academic achievements and attitudes about school. According to the Pew Research Center, on how millennials communicate, "text messaging has increased dramatically over the past 10 years." The study found that only 35 percent of teens socialize face-to-face, compared to >>>

UC Clermont Hosts Panel and Documentary for Domestic Violence Awareness Month    UC Clermont College’s Psychology Program, the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati, along with the Clermont County Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Task Force will hold a screening of HBO’s award-winning documentary, Private Violence, and follow with a panel discussion. The event will take place on Wednesday, October 21, from 2-4 pm in the Snyder Building, Room 142. “The documentary is one that is directed by UC Alum, Cynthia Hill. The panel discussions afterwards, will address >>>

Amidst tailgating and catching up with old friends this weekend, students and alumni were offered a chance to hear professors speak on their work in psychology. “Making Waves: Mind-Blowing Breakthroughs in Neuroscience” focused on the latest breakthroughs in studies on the brain. This Alumni Association-sponsored TIER (Talks that Inspire, Educate and Resonate) Talk took place in the Watters Theater on Saturday. The panel featured Brandon Gibb, Sarah Laszlo and Christopher Bishop — all currently professors at BU — as well as Steve Treistman, a psychology professor visiting >>>

Air Force Capt. Katrina D. Powell has begun work at the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. The four-year graduate program focuses on training military and civilian candidates to practice in clinical and operational military settings.Powell was only one of two Air Force-wide selectees this year. Upon completion, she will become a clinical psychologist in the Air Force.She is the daughter of Jessie Mae Powell and the late Earl Fields Sr. of the Big Estate community.She is a 2002 graduate of Battery Creek High School. She >>>

Send to Kindle Charles Darwin’s theories on the evolution of species can also be used to gain an understanding of the development and functioning of the human mind, especially decision-making – including the psychological factors that lead to violent terrorism. This is explored in a new book co-edited and written by Dr Jason Roach, who is Reader in Crime and Policing at the University of Huddersfield. He is also behind a burgeoning network of international experts in the field of evolutionary psychology and security. It has >>>