The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Department gives five awards for outstanding achievement:
Recognizes outstanding academic performance by a graduating psychology major each year. Usually given to the graduating senior with the highest GPA.
2000 - Leah Gallo
2001 - Sarah Caprioli
2002 - Megan Sandoe
2003 - Christopher Knoerlein
2004 - Thomas M. Grace
2005 - Lorinn M. Insera
2006 - Tina P. Montalbano
2007 - Michael Hughes
2008 - Tiffany Brown
2009 - Noel L. Shadowen
2010 - Shannon A. Topper
2011 - Elena Cucco
2012 - Nicholas J. Petrosino
2013 - Christine Bosco
2014 - Jessica Noyes
2015 - Brian Emmert
2016 - Danielle Beaudette
2017 - Megan Appleton
2018 - Margaret Louise Chorlian
Recognizes outstanding academic performance by a graduating psychology major each year. Usually given to the graduating senior with the highest GPA.
2017 - Caroline Hamilton
2018 - Hanwen Wong
Recognizes outstanding academic performance by a graduating cognitive and behavioral neuroscience major each year. Usually given to the graduating senior with the highest GPA.
2017 - Elena Georges
2018 - Emily Ann Folse
Recognizes an outstanding thesis project by a graduating M.S. student each year.
2006 - Edward Ester
2007 - Michael Cohen
2008 - Wendy C. Eichler
2009 - Brian A. Anderson
2010 - Allison Kurti
2011 - Justin M. Sayde
2012 - Brittany Jakubiak
2013 - Zvi Shapiro
2014 - Teagan Bisbing
2015 - Kelsey Heslin
2016 - Heather-Anne Phelan
2017 - Ben De Corte
2018 - Erin Hughes
Recognizes distinguished contributions to psychology, other fields, or society by an alumnus or alumna of the undergraduate or graduate programs in psychology.
2007 - Daniel J. Ziegler (B.S. 1960)
2010 - Phillip Davidson (M.S. 1968)
2011 - Raymond DiGiuseppe (B.A. 1971)
2011 - Barbara Fiese (M.S. 1981)
2011 - David Penn (M.S. 1986)
2011 - George Rebec (B.A. 1971)
2011 - Vincent Trosino (B.A. 1962)
2011 - Frank Zemlan (B.A. 1970. M.S. 1971)
2018 - Gregory Demas (M.S. 1993)