New Summer Interns For The Federal Public Defenders Office 2024

Dr. Brian Cahill is sponsoring three students that were selected to be summer interns for the Federal Public Defenders office. The Federal Defender Internship Program provides UF students with invaluable experience working on Federal and State criminal cases. Olivia, Mercedes, and Lilly will have the unique opportunity to receive hands-on experience in assisting investigators and […]

New Class For Gainesville Public Defenders Office Internship 2024

Dr. Brian Cahill established a year-long internship with the Gainesville Public Defenders Office, exclusively for Psychology undergraduate students. Students will be working directly with lawyers who represent low income clients facing criminal charges in Alachua County, both misdemeanors and felonies. After a competitive process, two Psychology undergraduates have been named as the newest members of […]

PGSO UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FORUM

Join us for a poster session and research competition showcasing work by undergraduate students conducting research with a faculty mentor Thursday, April 18th, 2023, 4 – 5pm 1st floor of Psychology PGSO Flyer

Recording of Collaborative Colloquium Speaker: Michał Kosiński – Emergent Cognitive Abilities in Large Language Models: Mirage, Miracle, or Mundane?

If you missed Professor Michał Kosiński give his talk about Large Language Models (LLMs) visit our YouTube page for the full presentation. UF Psychology YouTube

Walk Out of the Darkness, walk to end suicide

The 1st Annual Walk Out of the Darkness event was a wonderful success with over 100 participants, well over half of whom were Psychology students!! Faculty and Staff also attended. Many thanks to everyone!

Collaborative Colloquium Speaker: Michał Kosiński, March 21, 2024, 9:30am – 10:30am EDT Malachowsky Hall 7200, 1889 Museum Rd

Emergent Cognitive Abilities in Large Language Models: Mirage, Miracle, or Mundane? Large Language Models (LLMs) trained to predict the next word in a sentence surprised their creators by displaying emergent properties ranging from a proclivity to be racist and sexist, to an ability to write computer code, translate between languages, and solve mathematical tasks. This […]

Graduate student Kylie Wright receives an award from the NIH

Under this supplement Kylie Wright, who is from an underrepresented background in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, social sciences, will work on parent grant R01AG072658 (Characterizing and Modulating Neurocognitive Processes of Learning to Trust and Distrust in Aging). The parent grant aims to characterize basic cognitive and neural mechanisms in learning to trust and distrust in healthy aging and in […]

Balkhi Foundation Supports Student Use of Innovative Technologies.

New Gift from the Balkhi Foundation Supports Student Use of Innovative Technologies. The UF Department of Psychology is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Balkhi Foundation Experiential Learning Awards. Made possible by a generous gift from Amanda and Syed Balkhi, these awards support students who are participating in hands-on experiences with […]

The Psychology of Sustainability

Through a uniquely psychological lens, The Psychology of Sustainability: Understanding the Relationship between Self and Earth, provides students with insight into the vital connection between humans and our environment. Over the course of 11 chapters, Dr. Chandler presents readers with insight into the applicability of psychological concepts for holistically resolving sustainability problems through the improvement […]

Gator Nation Giving Day 2024 Thank You

Thanks so much to everyone who made a gift to Psychology on Giving Day! We had a record number of folks participating this year. In fact, Psychology had the highest level of participation in the college—a special thanks to our Psychology Advisory Board for their generous and inspirational challenge gift. Again, thanks so much for […]

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