News & Announcements

$2 Million NSF Grant Awarded to Dr. Bukach and Collaborators for PURSUE Project
Dr. Cindy Bukach and her collaborators Dr. Jane Couperus (Mount Holyoke College) and Dr. Cathy Reed (Claremont McKenna College) were awarded $2 million from the National Science Foundation for Level II of their PURSUE project. The Preparing Undergraduates for Research...
Data Processing Workshop in the Outer Banks, NC
The Beyond Categories Lab went to Corolla, NC for a week-long workshop on processing data in MATLAB. We learned so much about processing EEG data and how to write scripts in MATLAB. For the remainder of the summer, we're working on adapting what we learned...
Vision Sciences Society Conference in St. Pete’s Beach, FL
Select members of the lab had the opportunity to present their research at the Vision Sciences Society Conference in Florida. Attending students were Glenn Rose, Thalia Viranda, Christopher Cotter, Jane Song, and Kendall Stewart. We got to see lots of...
Spring 2019 poster sessions
The Beyond Categories Lab's students had the opportunity to present their research at the Arts & Sciences Student Symposium and at the PSYC 300 Final Poster Session. Everyone put so much hard work into their projects and posters! Individual...

Kendall Stewart and Dr. Cindy Bukach Publish a Paper in Frontiers in Psychology Journal
Congratulations to Kendall Stewart and Dr. Bukach for their publication in the Frontiers in Psychology Journal! Their publication, Using Collaborative Models to Overcome Obstacles to Undergraduate Publication in Cognitive Neuroscience, addresses a need for better...

Former Lab Member – Jessica Bourdon Kicks Off Psychology Brown Bag Series
"The Intersection of Translational Science and Psychiatric Genetics" Jessica L. Bourdon was a guest speaker for the University of Richmond's Department of Psychology Brown Bag series. Jessica was a former University of Richmond student majoring in...

Congratulations to our Newest JSM Fellows!
Our lab has hired three new JSM Fellows! Callie has been a member of the lab since Spring 2017. Her dedication and attention to detail make Callie a fantastic mentor in the lab. Sarah has been a member of the lab since Fall 2015, and spent one semester abroad in New...

Sarah Laskowitz Receives UR Psychology’s Dickinson Award
Sarah Laskowitz was awarded with the John Neasmith Memorial Dickinson Award! John Neasmith Dickinson was an outstanding Richmond College student whose untimely death in 1976 was deeply felt by the entire University community. This memorial award was established by his...

Dr. Bukach Named Endowed Trawick Chair of Psychology!
Dr. Bukach was recently honored with the MacEldin Dunn Trawick Endowed Chair of Psychology. Some information about the award: "Over the years, thoughtful and generous benefactors, wisely perceiving the critical importance to the University of Richmond of a strong...
Dr. Bukach Named Distinguished Educator
Dr. Bukach was honored with the Distinguished Educator Award in 2016. The Distinguished Educator Awards have been honoring excellence in teaching at the University of Richmond since 1975 when the Cabell Foundation made a grant to the University to be used...
Recent News
$2 Million NSF Grant Awarded to Dr. Bukach and Collaborators for PURSUE Project
Dr. Cindy Bukach and her collaborators Dr. Jane Couperus (Mount Holyoke College) and Dr. Cathy Reed (Claremont McKenna College) were awarded $2 million from the National Science Foundation for Level II of their PURSUE project. The Preparing Undergraduates for Research...
Data Processing Workshop in the Outer Banks, NC
The Beyond Categories Lab went to Corolla, NC for a week-long workshop on processing data in MATLAB. We learned so much about processing EEG data and how to write scripts in MATLAB. For the remainder of the summer, we're working on adapting what we learned...
Vision Sciences Society Conference in St. Pete’s Beach, FL
Select members of the lab had the opportunity to present their research at the Vision Sciences Society Conference in Florida. Attending students were Glenn Rose, Thalia Viranda, Christopher Cotter, Jane Song, and Kendall Stewart. We got to see lots of...
Spring 2019 poster sessions
The Beyond Categories Lab's students had the opportunity to present their research at the Arts & Sciences Student Symposium and at the PSYC 300 Final Poster Session. Everyone put so much hard work into their projects and posters! Individual...