News Archives - Department of Psychological Sciences

Intersections Poster Symposium

April 20, 2026

Last Friday, undergrad students presented their research projects at the annual Intersections Poster Symposium. The students represented many different disciplines: Arts and Humanities, Engineering, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences. This event gives us the opportunity to interact with the undergraduate research that has been done here at...

Undergrad Psych students present research at Social Science Research Day

April 13, 2026

On Friday, April 10th, students from various Social Science departments participated in the first ever Social Science Research Day. This day was organized by Anthropology PhD students Jenna Hays, Anuoluwapo Ajibade, Sarah Namirembe, and Aria Wanek, and supported by professor and Anthropology department chair Janet McGrath, PhD. Clinical Psychology PhD...

Psychological sciences’ Wilson Brown examines connections between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and severe mental illnesses

February 12, 2026

Wilson Brown, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, and other researchers at Case Western Reserve University recently reported new findings in Psychiatry Research clarifying how posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms interconnect with severe mental illnesses (SMI), such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The work, titled “Modeling the...

Case Western Reserve University named among world’s top universities by TIME

February 4, 2026

TIME magazine named Case Western Reserve among the world’s best universities, placing the institution 25th globally in its World’s Top Universities of 2026 ranking. The recognition ranks Case Western Reserve among a select group of institutions worldwide identified for long-term impact on students and society. Unlike rankings that emphasize admissions...

Why you should rethink homework and focus on creative time

December 11, 2025

MSN: Sandra Russ, Distinguished University Professor and the Louis D. Beaumont University Professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, said that kids learn far more from creative, imaginative play than from nightly worksheets. Read the full article here.

For ex-Haredi Jews, forgiveness may be a route to greater happiness, study finds

December 9, 2025

Religion News Service: Yehudis Keller, clinical psychology PhD student at the College of Arts and Sciences, said leaving ultra-Orthodoxy carries “high cost or high demand,” and the adjustment can be “really difficult in multiple ways.” Her study found that forgiveness—especially self-forgiveness—correlated with greater resilience, well-being and life satisfaction after...

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