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- The International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) recently
announced that the winner of the 2009 Lifetime Career Award is the Terror
Management Theory research team of U.A. Psychology Professor Jeff Greenberg, and his colleagues Tom Pyszczynski, and Sheldon Solomon, for their highly influential and innovative theory, and the extensive and programmatic empirical research they have conducted to test it. Their research has applied Terror Management Theory to a wide range of social issues, from politics to health, and has inspired researchers around
the world to study the effects of mortality salience. (12-21-2009)
- Professor Mary Peterson was recently named as a new Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Professor Peterson was one of nine new fellows from the U of A, joining 47 others across the U. of A/.. She was elevated to Fellow status for fundamental advances she has made in our understanding of object and perceptual
organization. (12-21-2009)
- Thomas Bever wins International Research Prize
Thomas Bever, professor of psychology and linguistics at the University of Arizona, is the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize for his research in the field of cognitive science. The international Humboldt Prize is granted to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories or insights have had a significant impact on their discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future. Award winners are invited to spend up to one year collaborating on a long-term research project with colleagues at a research institution in Germany. The award ceremony will take place in Germany in March, 2010. (12-16-2009)
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