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Julia (Dahae) Jun awarded the KASF Northeastern Regional Chapter Scholarship

Graduate student Julia (Dahae) Jun was a recipient of the the 2023 Korean American Scholarship Foundation (KASF) Northeastern Regional Chapter Scholarship. Congratulations! More information on the award can be found here: https://www.kasf.org/2023-nerc-scholarship-recipients/….Continue Reading Julia (Dahae) Jun awarded the KASF Northeastern Regional Chapter Scholarship

Lilyanna Gross awarded the Post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Fellowship at NIH

Undergraduate researcher Lilyanna Gross will work under the mentorship of Dr. Patti Brennan in Advanced Visualization Branch. She will use interactive VR environments to investigate what types of challenges people with chronic medical conditions might face in carrying out their instrumental activities of daily living. This research aims to help deepen the available knowledge for other…Continue Reading Lilyanna Gross awarded the Post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Fellowship at NIH

New Paper by Post-Doctoral Wen-Yi Wu out in Hippocampus

Congratulations to Postdoctoral Associate Wen-Yi Wu, Ph.D. who has just published a new article on the effect of social context manipulation on hippocampal firing patterns. Wu, W.-Y., Yiu, E., Ophir, A. G. & Smith, D. M. (2023). Effects of social context manipulation on dorsal and ventral hippocampal neuronal responses. Hippocampus, 1-14.  …Continue Reading New Paper by Post-Doctoral Wen-Yi Wu out in Hippocampus

Julia (Dahae) Jun awarded the KASF Northeastern Regional Chapter Scholarship

Graduate student Julia (Dahae) Jun was a recipient of the the 2022 Korean American Scholarship Foundation (KASF) Northeastern Regional Chapter Scholarship. More information on the award can be found here: https://www.kasf.org/2022-nerc-scholarship-recipients/….Continue Reading Julia (Dahae) Jun awarded the KASF Northeastern Regional Chapter Scholarship

Research collaboration featured in Cornell Research article

Work with Christiane Linster and Thomas Cleland of the Computational Physiology Laboratory was recently featured in a Cornell Research article. The collaboration is exploring how physical and behavioral situations influence contextually dependent olfactory decision-making tasks. Read the full article here: Cornell Research – Smell and Situation, Entangled in Our Brains….Continue Reading Research collaboration featured in Cornell Research article

Sabrina Giaimo and Alexandra Hodder awarded Undergraduate Summer Research Award

Undergraduate students Sabrina Giaimo and Alexandra Hodder were awarded the 2021 Halpern and Rosevear Undergraduate Summer Research Award to conduct research in the David Smith lab this summer. The funding for this award is generously provided by the Halpern and Rosevear families. More information on the award may be found here: https://psychology.cornell.edu/department-awards-undergraduates…Continue Reading Sabrina Giaimo and Alexandra Hodder awarded Undergraduate Summer Research Award