Charles Nelson PhD, professor at the Harvard Medical School will present a talk on the Development and neural bases of processing social information; trajectories to autism/high risk populations; effects of early adversity on brain and behavioral development.

All are welcome!

We are excited to announce the 5th annual PBS Undergraduate Research Symposium!

When: Thursday April 25, 4-6 pm
Where: Tobin 4th floor lobby and breezeway
Why: Showcase the research of our students! It’s also a great warm-up for the statewide UG Research Conference held the next day. 

Robyne Renée Rivers
Post-Doctoral Fellow, CCPH, UMass Amherst
Smaller informal discussion about maintaining mental health as a graduate student of color and supporting undergraduate students of color, open to all UMass graduate students.

*Note this date is a campus holiday*

Linda Silka PhD, professor at the University Maine's School of Econoimcs, will present a talk titled Complex Problems, Complex Solutions: Opportunities for Social Psychology

Dr Silka’s research focuses on building community-university research partnerships.  Dr Silka’s talk will be about a broad range of transdisciplinary research she has been doing to coordinate where social psychologists are needed and bring great strength to the increasingly important focus on solutions.