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Congratulations to Hyowon Gweon! The James S. McDonnell Foundation Board of Directors met July 19 and approved funding of her application titled “Cognitive Foundations of Distinctively Human Social…
The Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research recognizes theses written in the social sciences, natural sciences and engineering. The Golden Medal for Excellence in Humanities and…
Gordon Bower Stanford University During a seminar at Stanford University, APS Past President Gordon Bower “began asking extraordinarily insightful and blunt questions,” recalls APS Fellow Stephen M…
Stanford psychologist recognized with $4 million prize for education research Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck received the inaugural Yidan Prize, honoring her innovative contributions to…
A fund to promote global education set up by Tencent co-founder Chen Yidan handed out its first two awards in Hong Kong last night. Carol Dweck, a psychology professor at Stanford University, received…
Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck received the inaugural Yidan Prize, honoring her innovative contributions to education research. Stanford psychology Professor Carol Dweck was named a…
Teofrast Superstar is a special honorary award, which is awarded to psychologists who have made distinguished contributions to theoretical or applied psychology and whose work has led to better…
Stanford University Department of Psychology has been granted a $300,000 Research to Prevent Blindness/Lions Clubs International Foundation (RPB/LCIF) Low Vision Research Award to support eye research…
A recent ceremony honored 33 prize winners representing 26 departments from the three Stanford schools with undergraduate programs – Humanities and Sciences; Engineering; and Earth, Energy &…
Hazel R. Markus (Stanford University), Daniel L. Schacter (Harvard University), and Robert J. Sternberg (Cornell University) will received the APS William James Fellow Award — recognizing their…