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Petrovich Lab Publishes Two Papers
This month, the Petrovich lab published two papers.
Rebecca Shteyn, former graduate student Danielle Lafferty and Gorica Petrovich have published a paper in Physiology & Behavior: Impact of satiety on palatable food associative learning and consumption in male and female adult rats
Read it here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938425001362?via%3Dihub
Zoe Irving and former graduate student Eliza Greiner and research assistants Mark Indriolo and Zhe Liu have published a paper in Brain Structure & Function: Activation patterns in male and female forebrain areas during habituation to food and context novelty
Read it here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00429-025-02927-3
Two Department Seniors Receive Ever To Excel Awards
Congratulations to graduating neuroscience seniors Tracy Aggrey-Ansong and Haley Echols for winning two Ever To Excel awards! In a ceremony on Monday, April 28, Aggrey-Ansong was given the St Ignatius Award for Faith in Action and Echols was given the Welles Remy Crowther award.
See the other awardees here: https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/offices/studentaffairs/sites/student-involvement/leadership-development/ever-to-excel-awards/award-recipients.html
Dean's and Sophomore Scholars Honored at a Dinner Event
Congratulations to our Dean's and Sophomore Scholars who were honored at a dinner event last night!
2025 Dean's and Sophomore Scholars Announced
Congratulations to the Psychology & Neuroscience 2025 Dean's and Sophomore Scholars! This year's recipients are:
Neuroscience
Sophomores: Madison Grady, Peyton Zarate
Juniors: Yudam Chang, Tyler de Grandpre, Madeleine Pinney
Psychology
Sophomores: Kelly Choi, Faith Hochgesang, Lizzy Lamprey, Sarah McNickle, Dave Nelson, Angel Wang
Juniors: Miracle Hodge, Pearl Miller, Veronica Wells
Williams & McDannald Lab publish in eLife
Former Lab Tech David Williams and the McDannald Lab have published an article on fear conditioning in rats in the journal eLife.
Read it here: https://elifesciences.org/articles/102782#content
Heyman, Ryu, and Brownell Highlighted in AAAS and BC News
A 2024 paper authored by psychology professors Gene Heyman, Ehri Ryu, and Hiram Brownell titled "Evidence that intergenerational income mobility is the strongest predictor of drug overdose deaths in U. S. Midwest counties" has been featured in the Boston College Chronicle, the BC News website, and EurekAlert, the news service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Heyman was interviewed for the article, explaining the goal of the research and its findings.
Read the article here: https://www.bc.edu//content/bc-web/sites/bc-news/articles/2025/spring/income-mobility-and-opioid-overdoses.html
Professor Ritchey Awarded Early Investigator Award
Dr. Maureen Ritchey, associate professor and director of the Memory Modulation Lab, has been awarded the 2025 Early Investigator Award from the Society of Experimental Psychologists. Congrats!