Newsletters
PBS publishes newsletters twice per year. They are available below for your convenience.
Spring 2022 Newsletter
Highlights include: Program to match mental health patients to psychotherapists’ strengths funded for large-scale implementation, 2022 Senior Awards, Tweet Blitz: Undergraduate Research, Spotlight on Alumni
Winter 2022 Newsletter
Highlights include: Working through life challenges using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Research examines the role of psychotherapists in treatment effectiveness, Studying the psychology of political divides, Grad Student Office Update
Fall 2021 Newsletter
Highlights include: Using behavioral activation therapy as a treatment for depression, Alumni Profile: Ibrahim Dahlstrom-Hakki ‘08PhD, Songbird neurons for advanced cognition mirror the physiology of mammalian counterparts
Spring 2021 Newsletter
Highlights include: Virtual Graduation Celebration for the Class of 2021, Senior Awards, Tweet Blitz: Undergraduate Theses, Study shows predictors of cognitive decline in midlife women varied by race, Spotlight on Alumni
Winter 2021 Newsletter
Highlights include: Can mindfulness enhance athletic performance?, Resiliency and recovery from trauma, Stefan Tiefenbacher ‘01PhD Neuroscientist and Hemophilia Expert, More spotlights on alumni and student internships
Fall 2020 Newsletter
Highlights include: Children Use Race and Gender To Form Beliefs About Social Status, Influences of Stigma on Health Outcomes and Interventions, COVID-19 Research Update, Motherhood on the Brain, Spotlight on Alumni
Spring 2020 Newsletter
Highlights include: PBS holds Virtual Graduation Celebration, Emotions and patient care in the ER, Investigating how estrogens in the brain affect auditory learning, Courtney Keeton ‘05PhD-Clinical Psychologist, Psychology Major Senior Awards, Tweet Blitz: Undergrad Theses
Winter 2020 Newsletter
Highlights include: New views into the hearts and minds of preschoolers, DDHS Program celebrates 20 years, PBS Welcomes New Associate Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience labs move to Morrill IV, Deanna Ferrante '20 honored with Kaitlin A. Geraghty Memorial Prize
Fall 2019 Newsletter
Highlights include: PBS Open House, Aspects of attention and vulnerability to distracted driving, Emotions and emergency medicine, Creativity in science, Finding neuromechanisms of decision making
Spring 2019 Newsletter
Highlights include: Research: Risky Decisions—Helpful or Harmful, Allison Epstein ’17 Finds Her Calling as a Forensic Psychologist, 2019 Senior Award Winners Share Reflections from UMass, Undergraduate Research Symposium, UMassGives Wrap Up
