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  Savoring the Day

  Dr. Fred Bryant shares the benefits of overcoming negativity.
  
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  Understanding the Republican Morality Gap in Dealing with the Children of Undocumented Immigrants at the Border

  Dr. James Garbarino of the Psychology Department offers insight into the current political circumstances happening in the US.
  
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  Minding the Gender Gap

  Dr. Rebecca Silton chairs the Women in Science Education Committee, which aims to encourage more women to pursue careers in STEM fields
  
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  Let's party! Loyola alumna mixes business with pleasure as a CEO

  CAS alumna Britt Whitfield's event management business is booming. The Revel Group has been named one of the top 5,000 fastest-growing companies in INC. magazine for the last five years and, most recently, she made Crain’s Chicago Business Top 40 under 40 for 2017.
  
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  A Conversation on Police Torture

  A panel presentation by police torture survivor Darrell Cannon and attorney G. Flint Taylor on police violence, civil rights, and government misconduct.
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  Faculty Research

  Moral Differences Between Pro- and Anti-Vaccine Parents

  Parents in the United States who are hesitant about vaccinating their children are strongly concerned with the moral values of purity and liberty, reports a Nature Human Behaviour paper published by professor Jeff Huntsinger and colleagues. The study suggests that information campaigns that incorporate these values, rather than focusing on ideas of fairness or preventing harm, may be more effective in convincing parents to have their children vaccinated. Click below to read a story from The Washington Post covering the paper and for a link to download the original paper in Nature Human Behaviour.
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  Graduate Student Recognition

  Psychology Graduate Student Dakari Quimby wins 2017-2018 President's Medallion

  Clinical psychology graduate student Dakari Quimby received the 2017-2018 Loyola University Chicago President’s Medallion. Dean Regan recommended Dakari for this prestigious award because he exemplifies a combination of scholarship, leadership and service. In addition, he is viewed by many in and outside the university as a person who manifests leadership in community service and organizations. He received the award from President Rooney and Dean Regan at the President's Ball.
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  Faculty Projects

  A Model Program for Reducing Water Waste on Campuses

  As collegians head back to campus this fall it means campus water use will spike, so ISTC has released a video on a model program that dramatically cut water waste with a student-directed behavior change campaign. Loyola University Chicago implemented its “Gallons Saved and Shared” project with the help of a grant from ISTC’s Billion Gallon Challenge. Student interns and volunteers planned and executed fixture upgrades across much of the campus and designed an awareness/behavioral campaign with the expertise of psychology majors. In addition, Robyn Mallett, associate professor of psychology, and her colleagues were able to study the responses to produce scientific insights. A college campus is an ideal setting to build a culture of sustainability that can follow graduates throughout their lives. The experience of “Gallons Saved and Shared” is a model that can be considered to produce conservation results on other campuses, said Aaron N. Durnbaugh, Loyola’s director of sustainability.
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  Department Recognition

  The Department of Psychology and a top Sociology graduate student received the new Samuel Attoh Award for diversity and inclusion

  Find out how these honorees promote and foster diversity within Loyola's academic community as first time recipients of the Samuel Attoh award.
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  Faculty Recognition

  Professors Silton and Gamez win the 2017 Sujack Teaching Awards

  Assistant Professors Perla Gamez and Rebecca Silton won the two 2017 Edwin T. and Vivijeanne F. Sujack Awards for Teaching Excellence. Associate Professor Christine Li-Grinning won one of four Master Teacher awards. The psychology department continues its track record of unequalled teaching excellence at Loyola.
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  Ignatius Loyola Award

  Researcher, teacher, mentor

  Psychology professor Noni Gaylord-Harden, PhD, is all three—and the recipient of this year’s Ignatius Loyola Award.