Psychology
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Summer program helps kids overcome math struggles -
Q&A with psychology and religious studies alumnus Bryan Krause -
Life's challenges help new grad find career path -
Persistence, patience help psychology student land dream internship -
McNair Program, research projects prepare Blugold for grad school -
Undergraduate research earns top national honors
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Center for Academic Preparation to offer program for young children
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017
The CAP program, for children ages 6 months to 6 years, aims to help with communication, cooperation and early academic skills.
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Psychology team presents findings in New Orleans
Monday, Nov. 14, 2016
A student-faculty research team in the psychology department sent the 2015-16 year conducting research related to binge drinking, and presented their findings in New Orleans last June.
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Globally showcasing Blugold faculty research
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016
Three UW-Eau Claire psychology faculty have traveled around the world in the past year to present research and engage in educational conferences from New Zealand to China.
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Sociology study of elderly Chinese health status
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016
Dr. Jianjun Ji and 2016 psychology graduate Lauren Bollaert completed a study of the health status of over 1000 Chinese elderly individuals and presented their findings at a Denver conference in October.
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Research explores male-female friendships
Friday, Nov. 4, 2016
A new study headed by Dr. April Bleske-Rechek, professor of psychology at UW-Eau Claire, finds that men are more likely to define a female friend as “a member of the opposite sex to whom I am attracted and would pursue given the opportunity.” Women, however, tend to define their opposite-sex friends as simply “a friend of the opposite sex.”
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Researchers work to reduce the risk of suicide among college students
Friday, Oct. 14, 2016
What specific behaviors or psychological features exist or change over time that make some — but not all — of the young adults who self-injure move toward suicidal thoughts or behaviors? That’s the question a UW-Eau Claire associate professor of psychology and a student team hope to answer through a new three-year research project.
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A Blugold bond in the workplace
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Six women who work at Water’s Edge Counseling and Healing Center in Burnsville, Minnesota, come from different backgrounds, but they share a common bond: They're all Blugold alumnae.
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Faculty members receive Friend of TRIO awards
Friday, April 29, 2016
This year, the McNair program began to formally recognize the program's most successful and involved mentors with awards to be presented at the annual TRIO Day each year. These new Friend of TRIO awards recognize the many contributions of McNair mentors. The 2016 award recipients are Dr. Jennifer Dahl, associate professor of chemistry, and Dr. Kevin Klatt, professor of psychology.
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Students present at national research conference
Friday, April 15, 2016
Forty students from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire attended the National Conference on Undergraduate Research April 7-9 at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
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counselor AND confidante
Friday, March 4, 2016
As a Blugold psychology major and campus volunteer, Summer Underwood is gaining the knowledge and skills necessary for her to pursue a career as a clinical psychologist.
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Blugolds help area youth overcome reading challenges
Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015
A UW-Eau Claire program trains undergraduate students to develop and deliver evidence-based interventions to school-aged children who need extra help with their reading. Based on outcome data, the program is a success.
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Meet Dr. Mel Kantor
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014
With over 35 years of expertise in health care, public health, epidemiology, dentistry and academic scholarship, Dr. Mel Kantor brings a range of experience and knowledge to UW-Eau Claire. He is poised to further strengthen the health science programs.
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