CHICAGO, May 15, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Understanding and Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness" is the theme of the annual Naomi Ruth Cohen Institute (NRCI) for Mental Health Education at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology's (TCSPP) 14th Annual Community Conference on Sunday, June 7, 2015 (9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) at Beth Emet The Free Synagogue located at 1224 Dempster Street in Evanston. Registration is required. "We are proud to support this annual conference, which is an important part of our work at The Chicago School," said TCSPP President Michele Nealon-Woods, >>>

Academic advisement award honors three at SUNY Oswego The SUNY Oswego President’s Award for Excellence in Academic Advisement for 2015 will honor biological sciences staff member Lisa Brancato, Mary Rodgers of the finance faculty in the School of Business and Karen Wolford, professor of psychology. The honorees will be recognized at the college’s annual Teaching and Learning Awards Ceremony this fall. Lisa Brancato As academic advisement coordinator in the department, Brancato advises up to 150 biological sciences majors, most of them first-year students, and coordinates a team of 18 faculty >>>

The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra’s community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company. [Jamie Madigan writes about psychology and video games at www.psychologyofgames.com. Follow him on Twitter or on Facebook and consider supporting him on Patreon.] I've been playing a lot of Divinity: Original Sin, the old school-ish role-playing game that offers a myriad of ways >>>