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Vanessa Frei Named 2025 Gator NeuroScholar Award Recipient

Congratulations to Vanessa on being selected as a 2025 Gator NeuroScholar Award recipient by the McKnight Brain Institute leadership team. This prestigious award provides salary support, annual travel funds, and dedicated research funding to help launch a successful career in neuroscience research and support the development of competitive career grant applications. As a Gator NeuroScholar, […]

A Third Way to Live Well: Psychological Richness

Erin Westgate, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and director of the Florida Social Cognition and Emotion Lab, is leading new research that expands how we understand well-being. While traditional views of a “good life” have focused on happiness or meaning, Dr. Westgate and her collaborator Shigehiro Oishi, Ph.D. (University of Chicago) have […]

2025 Early Career Contributions to Diversity Science Award & Distinguished Contribution to Education and Training Award

Congratulations! Dr. Roberto Abreu has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Early Career Contributions to Diversity Science Award from Division 53 of the American Psychological Association. The award recognizes an early career psychologist who has established a program of empirical research that has had a major scientific and/or public impact on the field’s […]

CONGRATULATIONS 2025 PSYCHOLOGY GRADUATES

Over 400 Psychology Bachelor of Science Majors walked in the CLAS name recognition on Saturday, May 3. Congratulations to all our graduates as they celebrate their achievements at UF.

Spring Awards Ceremony highlights 2025

Congratulations to our Spring 2025 Award Winners! Thanks so much to our Alumni and friends of the Department for establishing and continuing to support our annual awards. These awards make it possible to recognize the achievements of our students and provide scholarships and research funds to support their continued training. The UF Psychology Gerber […]