Nora Newcombe, a James H. Glackin Distinguished Faculty Fellow and professor of psychology at Temple, was honored with the Faculty of the Game award during Saturday’s home football game against Cincinnati. Newcombe was nominated by Interim Provost Hai Lung Dai to be honored by Temple’s Department of Athletics.

Newcombe is principal investigator for Temple’s Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center, which has recently been awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to form the Thematic Network in Spatial Cognition, a virtual institute that will connect researchers from around the world in support of advancing the study of spatial cognition.

Newcombe is also co-director of Temple's Infant Lab, where she has led many studies on the connection between spatial skills and children’s ability to excel in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. 

In 2008, Newcombe was elected to be a fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists. She has also been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Society and the American Psychological Association.