UO Psychology Department

Congrats to all our 2025 Psychology Grads! You did it! 🦆🎓🎉

Congratulations on work well done to all of our presenters at last week’s Undergraduate Research Symposium! Students shared research on topics from the benefits of implementing civic education in K-5 grades, musical therapy for mental health, mapping race and stereotype, the impact of COVID-19 on adolescents, and more.

Dr. Deepu Murthy, principal investigator of the Adaptive Memory Lab, held a workshop this past weekend that brought together researchers from the areas of cognitive neuroscience and clinical psychology, to discuss the role of episodic memory in psychological disorders. Click the link in bio to learn more.

Mark your calendars! Psychology department commencement ceremonies will be held at Autzen Stadium on Monday, June 16, 2025 at 4:00pm. Swipe to read important information about Autzen’s clear bag policy and link to all the details.

This Thursday, May 15, join us for the University of Oregon’s 10th Annual Ducks Give. Ducks Give is a 24-hour day of giving when alumni, staff, faculty, and the UO community come together to contribute gifts — big or small — in support of our undergraduate and graduate students.  
This fundraising effort is a way for you to make a direct contribution to your Psychology department! Your donations will support our faculty members and students, as well as our everyday programming. 
Visit the Ducks Give website (link in bio) to make a gift. And don’t forget to specify that your gift be earmarked for the Psychology department!
Thank you in advance for your support, and remember to save the date for Ducks Give, this Thursday, May 15.

This Thursday, May 15, join us for the University of Oregon’s 10th Annual Ducks Give. Ducks Give is a 24-hour day of giving when alumni, staff, faculty, and the UO community come together to contribute gifts — big or small — in support of our undergraduate and graduate students.  
This fundraising effort is a way for you to make a direct contribution to your Psychology department! Your donations will support our faculty members and students, as well as our everyday programming. 
Visit the Ducks Give website (link in bio) to make a gift. And don’t forget to specify that your gift be earmarked for the Psychology department!
Thank you in advance for your support, and remember to save the date for Ducks Give, this Thursday, May 15

Many thanks to Dr. Emily Ozer from UC Berkeley for a fascinating and inspiring lecture last Friday! Dr. Ozer shared her research using YPAR to engage youth in organizing to make improvements in the workshops and communities.

https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-uncover-a-fascinating-fact-about-social-thinking-in-the-brain/

Neuroscientists uncover a fascinating fact about social thinking in the brain Our brains process social similarity in two ways—by comparing people to each other and by comparing them to ourselves. A new study using brain imaging reveals that these forms of person knowledge are represented in separate areas of the brain.

Please join us for our annual Leona Tyler lecture with Dr. Emily Ozer from UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Dr. Ozer’s research focuses on the role of school climate in adolescent development and mental health. The lecture will be held Friday, May 9th in Jaqua Center room 101 at 2:30pm.

Thanks to Dr. Robert Cabeza from Duke University for speaking at our 36th annual Fred Attneave Memorial Lecture! Dr. Cabeza shared his research on the different ways memory and brain activity are connected and how this relationship changes as we age.