Department Social Events

O pioneer!

Pioneer Award

The psychology department held a champagne and chocolate reception on November 9 in Connolly House to honor psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett, one of 12 recipients of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2007 Pioneer Award, which recognizes “exceptionally innovative investigators” whose work holds the promise of conceptual and technological breakthroughs in science. Unlike most NIH awards, which fund specific research projects, the Pioneer Award gives research grants to “highly creative and pioneering people” to pursue their research interests. Professor Barrett, director of the University’s Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory, will receive $2.5 million over five years to support her work on the psychology and neuroscience of emotion. Psychology department chairman James Russell said the award was a “fabulous achievement” for Barrett. “It reflects her many accomplishments, as well as the excellence of the lab she has established at BC.” Above, at the reception (l-r), Russell, Arts and Sciences dean Patrick Maney, and vice provost for research Kevin Bedell toast their colleague.

Spring Barbeque Photos

The Cooks

BBQ

The Faculty

Hiram's Rage

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BBQ

Cows Tremble

Rain location

Psi Chi Event a Great Success

The chapter of Psi Chi (National Honor Society in Psychology) at Boston College recently hosted its premiere event on April 27th. The event opened with a Graduate School Info Panel, where current graduate students offered their advice and insights on how to get into graduate programs in Experimental and Clinical Psychology. This panel was followed by a Lab Fair, where graduate students from each lab in the Psychology department introduced undergraduate students to their research and recruited interested students.

Here are some of the comments undergraduate students gave:
--"Being able to talk one-to-one with the graduate students helped more than anything; without this, I would have been completely lost."
--"Hearing about the graduate students' perspectives on graduate school and the application process was very helpful...it gave me a better understanding of what to expect."
--"Learning about the different areas of study and the research done in the labs was very interesting."
--"I have never worked in a lab before but I'd like to now."

We wish to thank the undergraduate students who participated in this event, the graduate students present at the lab fair, and particularly Alan Scott, Katherine Mickley, Jill Waring, Nicole Nelson, Megan Manning, Kristen Lindquist, and Eliza Bliss-Moreau for sharing their experience on the grad school panel. Finally we wish to thank all the Psi Chi members who helped with organizing this event and making it a great success.

Lab Fair