Department of Psychology
Undergraduate Advising Office

Photo Booths for Graduation Celebration
For the graduate celebration for psychology students on April 26th, we are going to have some decorations and photo booths. We are hoping to get a few students who have an artistic eye and maybe some experience with social media and or photography to help make this a success. We want these booths to be something that students really like. If you are interested in helping design plan the photo booths, please contact Prof. Rottman (rottman@pitt.edu) asap. Note, you don’t have to be graduating this year to help – we are hoping to use these photo booths for future years as well. Also, this is about planning and designing the photo booths, not necessarily setting them up. If you are available the day of to help set them up, that could be helpful too, but this request is for help design and planning.

Thanks to a generous donation from the DeVito-Lipner family dating back to 2014, the department has a small fund available to support undergraduate research. Awards of up to $1500 (paid directly to the student as a stipend) are available to support any aspect of undergraduate research, including honors theses. Supported research activities may include (but are not limited to) student salaries, research equipment or software, research materials, scholarly materials (e.g. books), printing costs, participant compensation, conference registration, and travel. All funds must be spent over the course of the year. 

Application instructions for the 2024 fund awards can be found by clicking on the title at the top. Applications are due by 5:00 pm on Friday, March 15, 2024.

The Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (OEDI) has engaged Westat Inc. to administer the 2024 Higher Education Sexual Misconduct and Awareness Survey to students on all University campuses. Students will have received an email link to complete the confidential survey; the survey period is open from Feb. 19 through March 20. Student voices provide the University with a sharper, clearer picture of the environment on our campuses and help the University to improve the ways that it responds to and prevents sexual assault and sexual misconduct.

OEDI asks for your cooperation in encouraging participation in the survey, reminding students that it is in progress, and/or pointing them to additional resources if they come to you with concerns.

Because these topics can be difficult or painful, OEDI is available at diversity@pitt.edu to discuss issues raised in this survey and during drop-in hours on Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., on the 18th floor of the Cathedral of Learning. Resources are also available at diversity.pitt.edu/prevention, and additional support can be accessed via the University Counseling Center or Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, both of which have 24/7 support lines.

The Office of Off-Campus Student Services is requesting that any students who attend the University of Pittsburgh and live in Oakland (whether on-campus housing or off-campus) please fill out this survey!

Survey Link: https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eA64sSP62HtZ8xM

This is an important housing survey, which will let the university know the need for building more on-campus housing or whether to shift resources to off-campus housing. It aims to gauge the experiences of both on and off campus students and evaluate how students make their housing decisions.

We hope to have 1,000+ answers by spring break (3/8/2024) and ask that you fill this out before then! The survey is very brief and should only take a few minutes. Thank you.

For any questions, contact Anna Mackinnon at anna.mackinnon@pitt.edu or explore the website for any resources you may need.

The senior survey is a chance for graduating seniors to share their experience earning a bachelor's degree at Pitt with the University.

The survey will help campus administrators gain a fuller understanding of the undergraduate experience to provide the best programs and services possible to students.

Participation in the senior survey is entirely voluntary, and any identifiable information that is obtained in connection with the survey will remain confidential.

Contact Institutional Research with any questions or concerns. For more information about graduation, visit the Office of the Registrar.

Pitt undergraduates are invited to submit a title and abstract for the Spring Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression Fair to be held on Monday, April 8 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in the Connolly Ballroom, located in Alumni Hall, hosted by the Office of the Provost in collaboration with the TRIO McNair Scholars Program and the Student Success Hub. 

The Fair is open to all undergraduates, including those engaged in study within the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, STEM, and Health Sciences. While poster presentations are most common, projects presented in formats other than a poster will be considered, particularly those in PowerPoint format. Please indicate in your submission how the project will be displayed. All titles and abstracts are subject to review by the Spring Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression Fair organizers.  

*Abstracts must be submitted no later than March 15 using the following link: 
https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8GOUwMsGRuJjrKe

Please contact the Student Success Hub with any questions you may have (studentsuccess@pitt.edu)

2/12/2024          Summer term 2227 enrollment begins
3/8/2024            Deadline to submit final exam conflict form
3/8/2024            Deadline to submit monitored withdrawal form
3/8/2024            Last day to resign from all classes - partial refund
3/10-17/2024     Spring break for all students - no classes
3/25/2024          Fall term enrollment appointments begin
4/5/2024            Last day to withdraw from all classes

Visit the Announcement Archive page for additional information, dates, and dealines.

Welcome to our first Office of National Scholarships monthly newsletter. Our office supports all Pitt students and some recent alumni who are interested in seeking a nationally competitive award. We created this newsletter to increase awareness in the broader Pitt community about the variety of national and prestigious awards that exist. Learn more about different types of awards, hear from Pitt winners about their scholarship experience, learn best practices when applying for awards, hear directly from those involved in the application process, and share successes both large and small. If you are thinking about applying for a competitive fellowship, or not quite sure which award would be a good fit, come see us or connect with us on Handshake!

Drs. Ben Alter and Ajay Wasan in the UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine are looking for an undergraduate volunteer to assist with chronic pain clinical research studies. We are seeking a 5-10 hour weekly commitment in the summer, with the possibility of extending into a paid or for-credit position in the fall. Primary responsibilities will include assisting with recruitment, such as phone calls with potential participants, and assisting research staff with participant visits. Opportunities for future work in data analysis are possible. This position is ideal for pre-medical or pre-PhD students in biology, psychology, neuroscience, or related fields. If you are interested in applying, please contact Maya Maurer at mam708@pitt.edu with your resume and brief statement of interest (one or more paragraphs).

Position Description: 1-2 Research Assistant/Coordinator position will be available starting May/June of 2024 in the Translational Research in Affective Disorders Laboratory (TReAD Lab) at Emory University. Research coordinators will assist with all aspects of the research process (designing/programming experiments, recruiting/running participants, analyzing behavioral and neuroimaging data) involved in several longitudinal study with a clinical adolescent sample, clinical adult sample, and control samples. This is an excellent position for anyone seeking research experience and training in clinical and cognitive neuroscience before applying to graduate programs.

Preferred Qualifications: A bachelor's degree or higher in cognitive science, neuroscience, psychology, or other related field is required. Candidates should be self-motivated, independent, and reliable. Strong organizational and communication skills are also essential. Prior experience in human affective, clinical or cognitive neuroscience (e.g., conducting and analyzing fMRI or EEG studies), behavioral experiment administration, IRB management, or clinical interviewing experience will all be viewed positively, but are not required. Strong computer programming skills (for example MATLAB and/or Python) are highly preferred but not required. A two-year commitment is required.

More information about current studies can be found at treadlab.org.

To apply, please send a letter of interest, CV/resume, and contact information of three references to tread.lab@emory.edu.

The Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience Center (CCNC) seeks a Laboratory Manager to assist PI Dr. Alexandra Moussa-Tooks in the day-to-day activities of studies that examine sensorimotor, cognitive, and neural processes in psychosis spectrum disorders. The CCNC focuses on the psychosis spectrum, but the role of adversity and trauma in psychopathology and brain in adult and developmental samples is also of interest. The center is within the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington and is led by Drs. Alexandra Moussa-Tooks, William Hetrick, and Krista Wisner.

This team is vibrant and versatile, and this position will help conduct investigations of cerebellar contributions to behavioral alterations in cognitive processes (e.g., proprioception, motor coordination, learning, modeling and model updating, timing) and psychotic symptoms over time. Methodologies currently employed include self-reports, clinical interviews, cognitive testing, behavioral and motor tasks, computational modeling, and magnetic resonance imaging (structural MRI, functional MRI, diffusion-weighted imaging, resting state functional connectivity, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy).

Full posting can be found here.