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Senior psychology major Michael Vidal talks about his journey to UNH.

William Buskist of Auburn University and UNH Professor Victor A. Benassi have co-edited a new volume called Effective College and University Teaching: Strategies and Tactics for the New Professoriate.

Having a critical mass of faculty members has been essential, but launching a new major takes passion.

UNH’s nationally and internationally recognized sexual and relationship violence prevention social marketing campaign, the Know Your Power Bystander Social Marketing Campaign, has been adopted by the University of California at Merced.

Ben Harris has discovered that a former Yale professor who espoused pro-eugenic beliefs manipulated his research findings so he could conclude that his Wisconsin home town was overflowing with mentally and morally “unfit” people.

Andrew Leber has been selected to receive the Hortense Cavis Shepherd Professorship. This award honors an outstanding UNH faculty member for excellence in teaching. 

UNH Professor Victor Benassi will lead the Society for the Teaching of Psychology in 2013.

Summer research grants awarded

Do You Get an "A" in Personality?

"When You Feel Loved, You Love Stuff Less"

A three-year NSF grant funds research on how adolescents learn to understand the law.

Assistant Professor Andrew Leber received nearly $300,000 from the National Science Foundation.

Associate Professor Jill McGaughy was awarded a two-year grant of $399,000 from National Institutes of Health.

UNH Prof. Mark Henn discusses his class "Psychology, Critical Thinking and the Scientific Method--Exploring Paranormal Belief."  Video and story.

The answer is “papillae.” The question is “What is the name for the protrusions on the top of the tongue that contain taste buds?”

How we use memories to make decisions is a new area of research within developmental psychology. New studies by UNH researchers are underway.

John Mayer discusses the character defamation allegations by Sarah Palin.

Prof. John Mayer's founding research in emotional intelligence is discussed in Boston Globe article.

Gretchen Torres wins scholarship.

Psychology Professor Victoria Banyard is one in a group of researchers from the University of New Hampshire that has received a grant for nearly $900,000 from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention to support a sexual violence prevention program aimed at college students.