Tag Archives: Psychology

Announcing the Winners of the New Yorker Caption Contest

The winning caption from Marthe Honts '97.

The results are in and, as Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor of the New Yorker, made clear, the results are final. Marthe Honts '97 won the special New Yorker/W&L cartoon caption contest.

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Georgia Tech Psychology Professor Addresses Aging at W&L

Anderson Smith head shot

Anderson Smith, Regents Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Georgia Institute of Technology, will lecture on memory and aging on Tuesday, May 7, at 5 p.m. at Washington and Lee.

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New Yorker Cartoon Editor to Speak at W&L

Bob Mankoff

Bob Mankoff, cartoonist and cartoon editor of The New Yorker magazine, will give a talk at Washington and Lee University, on Thursday, May 9, at 5 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater in Elrod Commons

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Two W&L Alumni Win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

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Two Washington and Lee alumni — Cailin Slattery and Robert Wilson — have received National Science Foundation Research Fellowships.

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W&L Neuroscientist Sees Promise, Problems with Brain Mapping Initiative

Tyler Lorig, Ruth Parmly Professor and Head of Neuroscience, Washington and Lee Universitu

Washington and Lee neuroscientist Tyler Lorig has mixed views of the BRAIN Project announced by President Obama this month.

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Duke Cancelmo Is Final Speaker in W&L's Good Life Series

Richard P. "Duke" Cancelmo '80

Richard P. “Duke” Cancelmo Jr., a partner with Bridgeway Capital, will be the final speaker in Washington and Lee’s yearlong “Questioning the Good Life” interdisciplinary seminar series on Thursday, March 28, at 4:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons.

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Jean Kilbourne to Discuss Women in Advertising at W&L

Jean Kilbourne

Author, speaker and filmmaker Jean Kilbourne, internationally recognized for her work on the image of women in advertising, will speak at Washington and Lee University on Monday, March 18, at 5 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons. Kilbourne’s talk is free and open to the public. There will be a book signing following the talk. [...]

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University of Wisconsin Professor Richard Davidson to Speak on “Happiness is a Skill”

Richard J. Davidson

Richard J. Davidson of the University of Wisconsin will present the next lecture in Washington and Lee’s yearlong “Questioning the Good Life” interdisciplinary seminar series on March 19 at 4:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons.

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Neuroscience Expert Headlines W&L’s Institute for Honor Symposium

Michael Gazzaniga

Michael Gazzaniga, professor of psychology and director of The SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will deliver the keynote address at the 13th annual Institute for Honor Symposium at Washington and Lee University on Friday, March 1.

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Duke's Swartzwelder to Address Alcohol's Effects on the Brain

Scott Swartzwelder

Duke professor Scott Swartzwelder to address alcohol's long-lasting effects on the brain at Washington and Lee on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons.

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