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Want Black women students to stay in STEM? Help them find role models who look like them
March 27, 2019
Representation matters for Black women college students when it comes to belonging in rigorous science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs, according to a new study. Having role models who share their racial identity is vital to signaling a sense of belonging for women of color college students.
Even brief maternal deprivation early in life alters adult brain function and cognition
May 03, 2018
INDIANAPOLIS -- When a baby is taken from its mother for even a brief period early in life, this traumatic event significantly alters the future, adult function of the brain, according to a new animal model study from the School of Science at IUPUI. These changes in the brain are similar to disturbances in brain structure and function that are found in people at risk for neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia.
Graduate student receives William and Dorothy Bevan Scholarship
November 01, 2016
John T. Hazer Distinguished Psychology Alumni awardees announced
September 23, 2016