How We Can Better Deal with Stress
TRANSCRIPT To manage stress there are a variety of different ways that you can go about it, and each person probably should treat it a bit like a buffet. You kind of want to pick and choose what works...
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Psychology Professor Roya Ayman Named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Professor of Psychology Roya Ayman has been named a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology for 2019. She will be recognized as one of 20 recipients of the fellowship on...
Scientists Partner with Argonne Lab to Understand “Invisible” Brain Injuries
TRANSCRIPT Joseph Orgel, professor of biology and biomedical engineering, associate director of BioCAT: We are able to correlate the experience that a person has with what kind of outcome they may...
Scientists Take First Step in Understanding “Invisible” Brain Injuries
Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is often called an “invisible injury”—and is notoriously hard for doctors to diagnose with an accurate prognosis. While a patient’s brain might appear healthy, symptoms...
Lewis College Psychology Study Assesses Barriers to Use of HIV/AIDS Prevention Medication in Sex Workers
Assistant Professor of Psychology Steve Du Bois and his team of graduate and undergraduate student researchers have received a grant from the American Psychological Foundation to explore the...
Prepping for the Super Bowl? Here’s Why Avocados Make a Great Snack
TRANSCRIPT So we have a couple different studies that we’re doing. One right now is ongoing, and it’s a 12-week study where we have people come in and pick up avocados and include them in their diet...
Student Develops Program Using Nintendo 3DS to Diagnose Pediatric Ophthalmological Disorders
Alex Damarjian has spent his professional career working on games benefitting young children—he has worked with Nickelodeon on titles such as Go Diego Go! Safari Rescue—but he had an urge to do more...
Artificial Pancreas: Developing Devices for the Future of Diabetes Care
TRANSCRIPT Ali Cinar, Professor and Director, Engineering Center for Diabetes Research and Education: The technologies used for managing diabetes have changed, and now the next step is the development...
Carly Kocurek Publishes New Alternate Reality Game
Associate Professor of Digital Humanities and Media Studies Carly Kocurek recently completed an experimental project that was highlighted in the most recent issue of Ada: A Journal of Gender, New...
Who Experiences Trauma During Parent-Child Separations at the Border?
TRANSCRIPT In the context of what’s going on right now with immigration and what ICE agents are doing in terms of separating families, I honestly don’t know if we can even know how painful that must...