David Wark Family Prize in Clinical Hypnosis

David Wark, PhD, ABPH, is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota , a former President of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and a former Board Member of both the Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and the International Society of Hypnosis. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychological Hypnosis.

Please download the announcement regarding the David Wark Family Prize in the area of clinical hypnosis.

The attachment announces an award for an original paper that both advances neuroscience knowledge and enhances the practice of hypnosis. Initially, the award is $5,000.00.

Emeritus Professor Irv Gottesman was interviewed for an article on CLA's website titled "Causing ripples, making waves."

Emeritus Professor Irv Gottesman was interviewed for an article on CLA's website titled "Causing ripples, making waves." His career and accomplishments are discussed.
Link "Causing ripples, making waves" to http://cla.umn.edu/news/makingwaves.html

Emeritus Professor Gail Peterson was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award

Emeritus Professor Gail Peterson was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Minnesota Northland Association for Behavior Analysis in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Behavior Analysis. He has taught groundbreaking classes in Applied Behavior Analysis to several thousand students, and his career has been responsible for initiating the careers of the largest number of behavior analysts in Minnesota.
Link "Lifetime Achievement Award" to http://psych.umn.edu/assets/pdf/news/PressRelease_Peterson.pdf

Research by Emeritus Professor Ellen Berscheid, Professor Mark Snyder, and former Psychology graduate student Allen Omoto featured on CVS hit show

Research by Emeritus Professor Ellen Berscheid, Professor Mark Snyder, and former Psychology graduate student Allen Omoto on close relationships was featured on the Sept 29 episode of the CBS hit show "The Big Bang Theory". For more on how their research fit into the plot of the show, see http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/The_First_Pitch_Insufficiency

Emeritus Professor Gloria Leon was appointed Chair of the NASA Standing Review Panel,

Emeritus Professor Gloria Leon was appointed Chair of the NASA Standing Review Panel, Behavioral Health and Performance Scientific Element, reviewing research progress on NASA-funded projects.

Emeritus Professor Tom Bouchard's award-winning twin research continues to make the news.

Emeritus Professor Tom Bouchard's award-winning twin research continues to make the news. His research was discussed in an article on livescience.com titled "Twins Separated at Birth Reveal Staggering Influence of Genetics", which was featured at Yahoo! News this month.

Emeritus Professor Tom Bouchard will be receiving the American Psychological Foundation (APF) Gold Medal Award

Emeritus Professor Tom Bouchard will be receiving the American Psychological Foundation (APF) Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology at the APA convention this year. The award will be presented to Tom on Friday, August 8, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. The award recognizes distinguished and enduring records of accomplishment in four areas of psychology: the application of psychology, the practice of psychology, psychology in the public interest, and the science of psychology. 

Emeritus Professor Bruce Overmier has been selected by APA's Board of Education Affairs (BEA) as one of two winners of the Outstanding Graduate Teaching of Psychology as a Core STEM Discipline Award for 2014.

Emeritus Professor Bruce Overmier has been selected by APA's Board of Education Affairs (BEA) as one of two winners of the Outstanding Graduate Teaching of Psychology as a Core STEM Discipline Award for 2014. This is the inaugural year for this new award. According to the APA, the award "recognizes the contributions of a graduate-level professor whose teaching contributions exemplify psychology as a core science among the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Teaching contributions include excellence in mentoring of graduate students, outstanding teaching both within the university and beyond in the broader community of psychological scientists, and effective leadership roles that foster the educational mission of advancing psychology as a core STEM discipline at the doctoral level. Also considered were the candidate’s own scientific contributions to psychology, and how they have affected the production of psychological scientists who have pursued scholarship in basic psychological science."  

Emeritus Professor Irving Gottesman was named one of the 30 most influential psychologists

Emeritus Professor Irving Gottesman was named one of the 30 most influential psychologists working today by website Best Masters in Psychology.

Ellen Berscheid Wins a Lifetime Achievement Award from APS

Dear Psychology Colleagues,
I am delighted to report that Emeritus Regents Professor Ellen
Berscheid has been selected to receive the 2012 William James Award
from the Association for Psychological Science (APS). This is the
Association's highest award, given for lifetime achievement in basic
psychological science. The award ceremony will be in May 2012 at the
APS annual convention.
This award is a wonderful complement to the
Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American
Psychological Association received by Ellen in 1997.
Please join me in congratulating Ellen on this splendid recognition.
She continues to bring honor to our department.
--Gordon

Irv Gottesman awarded Gralnick Prize

I am happy to report that Irv Gottesman has received the Alexander Gralnick Investigator Prize from the American Psychological Foundation of APA. The Gralnick Prize is given biennially to “exceptional individuals working in the area of serious mental illness". It comes with a $20,000 research stipend. Irv will accept the award at the upcoming APA convention, where he will also be giving an invited plenary address.

Irv received his Ph.D. from and is currently a Senior Fellow in our Department. Please join me in congratulating Irv on receiving this prestigious award.

Gordon Legge