Do you need to know more about graduate school, the application process, and the GRE? A great time to learn is now! Psi Chi, the Honor Society in Psychology, will be sponsoring two graduate school panel discussions on November 16 and 18, 2009.

The Elephant Café Brown Bag Series concludes for the Fall on Thursday, November 12, 2009, with Drs. Lisa Newell and Laura Knight presenting information about the assessment and diagnosis of Autism Spectrum and Pervasive Developmental Disorders.

Psi Chi, the national honor society in Psychology, will meet in Uhler Hall, Room 114 on Monday, November 2, 2009.

The Department of Psychology presents a discussion that will include a tutorial in optimizing literature searches via WEB of Science. It will be held on Friday October 9, 2009.

Internship directors from several local APA- and APPIC-accredited internship sites will come together on Friday, September 25, 2009, to address the planning and preparation process involved in developing a strong and competitive application.

Dr. Irene Frieze from the University of Pittsburgh, who will be visiting the IUP Department of Psychology on Friday, September 25, 2009, will also host an informal “brown bag” discussion dealing with many how-tos regarding successful publishing in social science journals.

On September 25, 2009, Dr. Irene Hanson Frieze, professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, will talk about her ongoing study of changing attitudes of university students in central and eastern Europe as they respond to a world changing around them.