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Spring 2026
Spring 2026
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Alumni Updates
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FEATURE | Guzzo Scholarship prepares students for versatile careers
By establishing student funds, psychology alumni are giving back in ways that are both personally meaningful and academically valuable.
NEWS | $3 million NIH award funds Ohio State research on concussion and neurodegenerative disease
Jasmeet Hayes received funding from the National Institute on Aging to study biological predictors of neurodegenerative diseases following traumatic brain injury.
NEWS | Psychology students earn top awards at research events
Graduate students Grace Amadon, Olivia Horn and Eunjee Ko were honored at the Hayes Research Forum, while Alison Gruber and Jasmine received awards at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.
NEWS | Psychology students, staff receive NSF fellowships
Two doctoral students and two research lab managers received the foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship, one of the most prestigious graduate awards available in the sciences.
FEATURE | Preventing dementia starts with daily decisions
Incoming assistant professor Jeremy Grant discusses we can do to prevent, or at least slow down symptoms of, neurodegenerative diseases.
NEWS | Seed grants fund new research on polarization, misinformation
Issued by C-SPAM, one of the department's interdisciplinary research collaboratives, the awards will support projects in political science and behavioral health.
MULTIMEDIA | Recent audiovisual storytelling about the department
Recent videos, podcasts and interviews highlight Department of Psychology faculty and research.
NEWS | Smyth receives Distinguished Scientist Award for health research
Professor Josh Smyth received the honor, which recognizes senior researchers who have made significant, long-term contributions to biopsychosocial science.
RESEARCH | How doubting your doubts may increase commitment to goals
A recent study by social psychology professor Patrick Carroll suggest that doubt in one's uncertainties can boost confidence.
NEWS | Doctoral student receives award for research on head trauma and Alzheimer's Disease
Erica Howard, a doctoral candidate in the department's Clinical Psychology graduate program, received the Brain Injury Association of America’s Dissertation Grant.