Professor Georg F. Striedter (Neurobiology and Behavior) has received the 2017 Biological Sciences School Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. The annual award honors an educator who demonstrates, leadership, professionalism, and innovation. Professor Striedter…
Bruce McNaughton, distinguished professor of Neurobiology and Behavior (NB&B), and his team of researchers have shed light on how the brain functions to determine how fast, and in which direction body location is changing. Along with…
Dr. Michael Yassa, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, and director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, has been awarded the title of Chancellor’s Fellow.
The Chancellor’s Fellow title is reserved for…
Dr. Claudia Kawas, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, and Neurology, has been selected as recipient of the 2017 American Academy of Neurology Potamkin Prize for Dementia Research. The Potamkin Prize is among the most prestigious…
On February 23rd, the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences was honored to have Professor Claudia H. Kawas (Neurobiology and Behavior and Neurology) give an insightful lecture on her groundbreaking work studying the fastest growing…
James L. McGaugh, Ph.D., has laid the ground work for the study of individuals with a special type of memory known as Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM). McGaugh’s work on HSAM, including the first person…
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education has been critical to our nation’s role as a global leader of innovation. The ARCS Foundation seeks to further advance science and technology by providing assistance to exceptional…
Professor Claudia H. Kawas (Neurobiology and Behavior), a distinguished clinician scientist, studies Alzheimer’s disease and aging in the oldest old (people over 90 years of age). Professor Kawas was prominently featured in the 60 Minutes…
Assistant Teaching Professor Andrea C. Nicholas (Neurobiology and Behavior) is the author of a new series of online learning tutorials published by Garland. Professor Nicholas’ tutorials will accompany a new textbook titled “Principles of Neurobiology,”…
Professor Claudia H. Kawas (Neurobiology and Behavior), a distinguished clinician scientist, studies Alzheimer’s disease and aging in the oldest old (people over 90 years of age). Professor Kawas was prominently featured in the 60 Minutes…