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Apr. 22, 2025

Professor Michael Spezio Gives Witherspoon Lecture on Wellbeing, Psychology, and Theology

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April 22, 2025

Professor Michael Spezio Gives Witherspoon Lecture on Wellbeing, Psychology, and Theology

Michael Spezio, associate professor of psychology, neuroscience, and data science, provided tips for improved mental focus to Shondaland.

August 22, 2024

Pasadena Now Spotlights Study of Compassion by Professor Michael Spezio and Researchers

Pasadena Now spotlighted the work of Michael Spezio, associate professor of psychology, neuroscience, and data science, in an article on his recently completed three-year study on compassion. Made possible by […]

December 1, 2023

In the Media: Tessa Solomon-Lane Published in Hormones and Behavior

Assistant Professor Tessa Solomon-Lane has coauthored a paper proposing a more diverse framework for researching biological sex.

January 31, 2023

Scripps Magazine: The Art and Science of Empathy

By Jen A. Miller Illustrations by Saskia Keultjes Early in her research, President Suzanne Keen—a narrative empathy theorist who studies the relationships among novel reading, empathy, and altruism—became convinced that […]

April 25, 2022

Spotlight on Seniors: Jess Maurice ’22 Advances Understanding of Animal Social Behavior

Jess Maurice ’22 presented her research on the social hierarchies of fish at the Southern California Animal Behavior conference.

April 4, 2022

Spotlight on Faculty: Gautam Agarwal, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Gautam Agarwal discusses decision-making, the interdisciplinary nature of neuroscience, and electronic music.

January 31, 2022

Michael Spezio Co-Authors Nature Paper on Computational Neuroscience of Decision-Making

Michael Spezio, assistant professor of psychology, neuroscience, and data science, co-authored a paper, published in Nature, on the computational neuroscience of decision-making.

December 31, 2021

In the Media: Michael Spezio Provides Tips for Improved Mental Focus in Shondaland

Michael Spezio, associate professor of psychology, neuroscience, and data science, provided tips for improved mental focus to Shondaland.

September 7, 2021

Melissa Coleman Directs Summer Neuroscience Lab, Oversees Grass Lab Fellowships

Professor of Neuroscience Melissa Coleman led the Grass Fellowships in neuroscience lab this past summer. As director of the Grass Lab, Professor Coleman oversaw the independent research projects on animal systems carried out by postdoctoral fellows.

July 28, 2021

Spotlight on Academics: Isabela Harmon ’22 and Jessica Maurice ’22 Explore the Social Hierarchies of Fish

For years, neuroscientists have been asking the deceptively simple question: Why do animals behave the way they do? Isabela Harmon ’22 and Jessica Maurice ’22 are working with Assistant Professor of Biology Tessa Solomon-Lane to fill in pieces of this puzzle.