Follow @studioosynapse.bsky.social for super cute & creative, neuroscience-inspired accessories!🧠🫧✨👀

The International Brain Initiative, the World Women in Neuroscience, and @neuroethicsubc.bsky.social, are hosting NeuroFuture: Conversations on Women Advancing Neuroscience Worldwide on June 1. Join in discussing the intersections of neuroscience, emerging technologies, and ethical considerations.

Congratulations to the Class of 2026! We are proud of you and all you have accomplished! 🎓 After you cross the stage today, we hope you'll join us at our Spring 2026 Graduation Receptions at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre.

We asked our graduating undergraduate students to reflect on their time at UBC. In these Q&As, they share meaningful memories, key ideas that shaped their thinking, advice for new students, and what they are looking forward to next. psych.ubc.ca/news/2026-sp...

📢 Applications open: UBC Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies (2026–27). Build migration expertise through an interdisciplinary program that complements any UBC graduate degree! Open to UBC Vancouver grad students Deadline: June 15, 11:59 PM PDT 🔗 Learn more: migration.ubc.ca/graduate-stu...

Woo!!!!!! PenningtonLab.com is live!

Join us in congratulating Dr. Zahra Kheradmandsaadi, Dr. Julia Nakamura, and Dr. Charlotte Roddick, who will receive their doctoral degrees at UBC’s spring 2026 graduation ceremony on May 22. 🎓 Read more: psych.ubc.ca/news/spring-...

Congrats Des and Michelle @minseonjung.bsky.social !! 🤩 And thank you @joendocrinology.bsky.social I love this journal, which is owned by a scientific society and truly gives back to the scientific community. @socendocrinology.bsky.social

Introduction to Gender Equality and Global Health Online course from May 25-29, 2026 www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

Vancouver Summer Program applications close on May 8! Don't miss your chance to immerse yourself in the brain this summer! Discover what it’s like to live and learn in Canada and meet amazing students like you from across the globe. Apply now: vancouversummerprogram.ubc.ca/apply-now/

Updated model of the perforant path to dentate gyrus. More divergent… www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Calling all high school students! This summer, explore human behaviour, moral decision-making, and social group identity through an immersive, hands-on introduction to psychological science at a university level. Register for our mini-schools here: extendedlearning.ubc.ca/programs-hig...

Undergraduate research is often treated as early-stage. UBC Psychology’s award recipients prove otherwise. From honours essays to community-engaged work, these students are shaping how we think about mind, behaviour, and society. Congrats to this year’s award winners! psych.ubc.ca/news/2026-un...

All members of the psychology department are invited to our 2026 EDI Strategic Plan Town Hall! Tuesday, May 26, 2026 1:30 – 3:00pm Room 4001, Douglas T. Kenny Building and Zoom Light refreshments will be served! To help us plan, please RSVP: psych.ubc.ca/events/event...

Grateful to have received the BSN Project Support Grant from @bsneuroendo.bsky.social with @kiransoma.bsky.social !!! 🥳 Thank you BSN for supporting our research investigating how maternal sucrose consumption affects glucocorticoids and neuroinflammation! 🧠

Congratulations to our faculty members Dr. Kristin Laurin and Dr. Toni Schmader and to Dr. Ichikawa on this recognition!

Trainee going to CAN? Check out the Circuits & Behaviour satellite and apply for this amazing opportunity!! Register here by April 24 for full consideration: www.eventbrite.ca/e/neural-cir...

📣 SfN is offering travel awards for the 2026 Chinese Neuroscience Society (CNS) Annual Meeting! Submit your abstract to #CNS2026 by Friday, May 15, then apply for an SfN travel award by Friday, May 22. Learn more: www.sfn.org/meetings/mee... #neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter

Congratulations to the 2026 PURC award winners! 🎤 Oral Presentations: Donya Keshavarzi, Lynn Zhang 📊 Poster Presentations: Emma (Ziye) Zhang, Tarin Oli Ahmed, Carmen Migić Full announcement ⬇️ psych.ubc.ca/news/2026-pu...

Science Rendezvous is coming to UBC Saturday, May 9 from 10:00 to 3:00. Join us for a free day of family friendly science activities! Ignite your kid's curiosity. science.ubc.ca/events/rende...

Congratulations to Dr. David King, recipient of a 2025-26 UBC Killam Teaching Prize! @drdavidking.bsky.social received this award in recognition of his teaching excellence and dedication to student learning. Read more about this recognition: psych.ubc.ca/news/david-k...

🧠 Meet Dr. Milan Valyear (@milanium.bsky.social), the new Assistant Professor in @psych.ubc.ca and a researcher at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health! Learn more about his career journey and his research into brain circuitry: https://bit.ly/4szI4fT

This #EarthDay, let’s come together to share ideas on climate action. RSVP here: psych.cms.arts.ubc.ca/events/event...

What drives us to act and when do we stop? Dr. Milan Valyear (@milanium.bsky.social) is a new @psych.ubc.ca faculty member studying the brain circuits behind reinforcement and disengagement. From childhood tinkering to cutting-edge neuroscience, his work is all about curiosity and discovery.

Huge congratulations to Dr. David King and the project team on receiving a 2026/27 TLEF award for "Centering Queer Voices: Story-Driven Learning in Psychology." Read more: psych.ubc.ca/news/2026-27...

UBC Psychology alumni in the Lower Mainland, this one’s for you 👀 Join us on April 23 for a casual mixer at Please! Beverage Co. Reconnect with faculty (Toni Schmader, Benjamin Cheung, David Klonsky, Jill Dosso) and fellow alumni. 🎟️ Grab your ticket: event.fourwaves.com/psychologymi... #UBCPsych

Celebrate Learning Week is a week-long campus-wide initiative of events highlighting learning that happens across seasons and spaces. May 4–8 | Browse events ctlt.ubc.ca/clw

Congratulations to UBC Psychology Professors Dr. Kristin Laurin and Dr. Toni Schmader who received 2026 Dean of Arts Mentorship Awards for their commitment to guiding and inspiring the next generation of scholars! Read more: psych.ubc.ca/news/2026-ar...

Thank you to everyone who made this year's Giving Day a success! All of our challenges were unlocked and our community came together to raise over $31,000 for the Psychology Inclusive Excellence Student Fund—and the next generation of scientists. 💙 We appreciate your support!

With support from the Psychology Inclusive Excellence Student (PIE) Fund, undergraduate student Jasmindeep Kaur was able to dedicate herself to research with both financial support and confidence. On #UBCGivingDay, let's support more students like Jasmindeep: givingday.ubc.ca/32770/gd2026...

Psych honours student Peter King discovered his passion for research through the Psychology Inclusive Excellence Fund‘s Early Research Award. This UBC Giving Day, help create more stories like Peter's by supporting the PIE Fund: givingday.ubc.ca/32770/gd2026...

ONE more donor unlocks the PIE Student Fund Donor Challenge! Right now we have 24 (Thank you 💙 ) and when 25 donors give to the PIE Fund today, a gift of $2,500 from Psychology Faculty will be unlocked! Donate here: givingday.ubc.ca/32770/gd2026...

Today is #UBCGivingDay! Help us empower our students with a gift to the Psychology Inclusive Excellence (PIE) Student Fund. Your donation to the PIE Fund today will be boosted by our matching and challenge funds, unlocking even more support for our students: bit.ly/PIEGivingDay

Join our Climate Action Committee on Earth Day, April 22, to connect and explore how small, informed decisions can contribute to meaningful climate action. Pls RSVP: bit.ly/PsychEarthDa... @jiayingzhao.bsky.social

#UBCGivingDay is one week away! We are proud to once again feature the Psychology Inclusive Excellence (PIE) Student Fund on Giving Day. Your donation on April 8 will be boosted by our matching and challenge funds, unlocking even more support for our students. bit.ly/2026PIEFund

Join us tomorrow for our colloquium with Dr. Samantha F. Anderson. 12:30-2:00pm | AERL 120 | Please RSVP: psych.ubc.ca/events/event...

From geopolitical conflicts to Canada’s shifting immigration landscape to new research on AI, UBC Arts scholars were featured in several major outlets throughout the month. 🌍️🤖 📰 Check out the March 2026 roundup of Arts in the Media ⬇️ www.arts.ubc.ca/news/arts-in...

1 more week to register for NOWCAM. visit. nowcam.org for details.

Meet Peter King, a UBC Psychology Honours student who discovered his passion for research through the Psychology Inclusive Excellence Student Fund's (PIE) Early Research Award. This UBC Giving Day (April 8), help create more stories like Peter's 💙. Read Peter's story: psych.ubc.ca/news/pie-fun...

An excellent overview of contemporary issues with dopamine - WTF? (What's the function). Time to burn all the theories down, or maybe a set of adversarial collaborations?

Are you a trainee at a VCHRI research centre or program with a passion for science & a curiosity for cutting-edge research? 🙋 Join the VCHRI Trainee Committee for the Science Social Hour on Apr. 10! Register to attend: www.vchri.ca/ScienceSocia...

Got a conference coming up? Cut your emissions with our Travel Decision Guide. Created @jiayingzhao.bsky.social and our Climate Action Committee, this guide will help you decide if you should stay local or fly smarter. Download here: bit.ly/stayorfly

Meet @zachtpennington.bsky.social, a new researcher at the DMCBH and @psych.ubc.ca who is exploring how the brain regulates stress and emotion. He is also an advocate of building open-source tools to make science more accessible for all. Read more: www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/news/from-sk...

🎰 How does gambling affect brain chemistry? When do gambling habits become a concern? How can research help improve treatments for gambling addiction? VCHRI investigator Dr. Luke Clark shares insights into how gambling impacts brain health: www.vchri.ca/stories/2025... #BrainAwarenessWeek

My film debut is now free to watch online! The award-winning director Tom Acton sat me down for an interview that ended up in his powerful documentary - Close the Divide - to bridge the divide on climate change. Watch here: tubitv.com/movies/10005...

Last week, I had the honour of presenting my latest research on guaranteed basic income to the All-Party Anti-Poverty Caucus in the Parliament, led by Senator Kim Pate @kpateonthehill.bsky.social , MP Elizabeth May, and MP Sean Casey. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R16r...

Thank you to Nature News for highlighting our research in a recent story about Pokémon turning 30: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

For #BrainAwarenessWeek, we're sharing brain facts from @danafoundation.bsky.social! At the DMCBH, our research spans many neuroscience topics, from Dr. Haakon Nygaard's lab using organoids to study Alzheimer's to Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose's lab looking at the importance of healthy lifestyle habits.

On April 8, UBC Psychology will once again take part in UBC Giving Day, bringing together our community to support our students through the Psychology Inclusive Excellence (PIE) Student Fund! Learn more: psych.ubc.ca/events/event...

For the first time in the wild, researchers have shown plant populations can evolve quickly enough to rebound from extreme drought. The study is a rare ray of hope in an often gloomy climate landscape. @zoology.ubc.ca @ubcbotany.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/player/play/...