Department of Psychology
Undergraduate Advising Office

The Department of Psychology will host a social celebration of graduates on Friday, May 2, 2025. All students who have applied for April graduateion, those who were confered for December graduation, and those who apply for summer 2025 will be invited. Please watch your Pitt email for additional details as they become available. 

You can find graduation application information here. 

You can find University commencement information here as it becomes available.

Join the Psychology Partnership for Undergraduate and Graduate Students (PUGS) on Sunday, February 23rd from 5-6pm for a student panel discussion titled, “What I wish I knew as a first and second year student at Pitt!” Hear from upper-level Pitt Psychology students as they share their experiences with research, internships, career paths, classes, and more. Bring your questions and get advice on making the most of your time at Pitt!

**Register for the Zoom meeting link here! https://tinyurl.com/PUGSPanel

Please contact Rebecca McGregor rem166@pitt.edu or Margaret Brehm mvb37@pitt.edu with any questions.

Applications for the 2025 UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC) are now being accepted! The application period will close on Monday, March 3rd, 2025 at 11:59PM PST.

PURC was created in 1992 by UCLA’s Dr. Elizabeth Bjork with the objective of creating opportunities for undergraduate research assistants to develop their presentation skills and share their research efforts with their peers and colleagues during a day-long event. In addition to fostering undergraduate professionalism, PURC has proven to be a meaningful and exciting forum for students from universities throughout the nation to communicate their research activities with one another. This is also a great opportunity to network and make connections with UCLA faculty!

The conference will be on Friday, May 9th, 2025 in Pritzker Hall at UCLA and will showcase undergraduate psychology research projects through poster sessions and 5-minute data blitz sessions. We are looking for high-quality abstracts written by undergraduate researchers. The application and more details are available at https://www.psych.ucla.edu/undergraduate/special-programs-and-events/purc/applying-to-purc/. Make sure to speak to your faculty mentor and/or graduate student advisor soon about submitting an abstract for this year’s conference!

Please read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) or email [purc@psych.ucla.edu%20]purc@psych.ucla.edu with any questions.

Devito-Lipner Family Fund for Undergraduate Research
Applications are now open for the Devito-Lipner Family Fund for Undergraduate Research. Students should work with faculty supervisors when conceiving the project and planning a budget. Applications and reference letters are due by 11:59pm on February 28th. Email rottman@pitt.edu with questions.

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We are hiring for multiple positions on a newly funded research study examining whether a large unconditional cash transfer can improve neuroinflammatory activity, as well as the mental and physical health of youth from low-income families.

This is a collaborative project with Dr. Luke Hyde at the University of Michigan and Dr. Gregory Miller at Northwestern University and will be based at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

We are currently recruiting for the following full-time positions:

• Project Coordinator
• Research Assistants
• MRI Data Analyst
• Postdoctoral Researcher

We are currently reviewing applications, and positions can start immediately or through early summer 2025 (e.g., following graduation).

Here is a link with information on these projects and instructions on how to apply for the positions. https://acnlnorthwestern.com/join-the-lab