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Join the Undergraduate Psychology Student Organization (UPSO)!

August 31, 2020

This fall, the Department of Psychological Sciences is excited to aid in the establishment of an Undergraduate Psychology Student Organization (UPSO). This organization’s mission is to promote a sense of community among undergraduate students in psychology at CWRU and to provide an opportunity to explore career paths in psychology...

Norah Feeny receives R61 grant from NIMH titled “Treatment of Stress-Related Psychopathology: Targeting Maladaptive and Adaptive Event Processing”, in collaboration with the University of Delaware and the University of Washington.

August 13, 2020

PATH is an innovative intervention that builds on years of strong theoretical, experimental, and clinical work to target key interconnected maladaptive (unproductive processing, avoidance, and impaired reward sensitivity) and adaptive processes (updating/reappraisal, approach, and positive affect) related to persistent, stressful life event-related psychopathology (e.g., depression, posttraumatic stress disorder). This...

Psychology researchers recruiting 7th through 12th graders to participate in paid video-platform creativity study!

July 30, 2020

Case Western Reserve University faculty member, Dr. Sandra Russ, PhD, and her graduate student, Alexis Lee, MA, in the Department of Psychological Sciences are seeking pre-adolescents and adolescents to take part in a research initiative looking at aspects of creativity. WHO? Young people in grades 7th through 12th both...

When playtime and COVID collide

July 24, 2020

The New York Times: Sandra Russ, Distinguished University Professor and the Louis D. Beaumont University Professor, discussed how children are incorporating COVID-19 in their pretend play. She said studies have shown children in pediatric hospitals who incorporate their experience into play—by performing “surgery” on their stuffed animals, for example—experience...

Register now: Understanding Suicidality and How to Help

June 25, 2020

This free (Zoom) talk, hosted by the Rocky River Public Library will cover common myths and facts about suicide, risk and protective factors, warning signs, and how to offer/seek help, including how to approach the conversation with someone you are worried about, a very brief overview of treatments, coping...

Letter to the College Community from Outgoing Interim Dean Sandra Russ

June 25, 2020

June 23, 2020 Dear Members of the College Community, Ten months ago, when I became interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, no one anticipated the challenges that the university, our nation and the world would be confronting at this moment. We mourn the tragic, continuing loss of life...

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