Student News
The Criminal Justice and Criminology Club sponsored a viewing of the KC Murder Factory, and used this as an opportunity to raise funds for the Ad Hoc Group Against Crime. The viewing was well attended – the theater (capacity 350) was nearly full.. Audience members included students, alumni, community members, as well as many victims of violent crime who were interviewed in the documentary.
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Congratulations to Psychology Department graduate students Alisha Adams and Liz Duval who were recipients of 2011Women’s Council Graduate Assistance Funds! They were honored at the annual GAF Luncheon on March 15, 2011. A description of their projects is below:
Alisha’s funding was awarded to cover the expenses of her thesis and to present her data at the upcoming APS Convention in May. Her thesis examines the relation between perceptions of discrimination and health-related quality of life. She collected data from over 200 Hispanic adults in the KC area. Alisha’s research mentor is Dr. Kym Bennett.
Liz’s award will provide funding for an exciting pilot study that is an extension of her dissertation. The funds will allow her to collect brain imaging data on a small sample of people with diagnosed social anxiety Dr. Filion and Dr. Lovelace are Liz’s mentors on the project , along with Dr. Cary Savage from the Hoglund Brain Imaging Center of University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMED) and Dr. Lisa Hale from the Kansas City Center for Anxiety Treatment and KUMED.
Jessica Bernard, (Mock Trial Coach) reported that mock trial team placed first at the Creighton Blue Jay Invitational in Omaha, Nebraska. The team went undefeated (which means all eight judges gave them the win over our opponent) against some of their biggest competition in the Midwest, including Washburn, the University of Kansas, Creighton and Northwest Missouri State. This was their second win of the season as the team placed 1st at Washington University’s Arch Invitational in December. She says they have also received numerous compliments from schools that attended their invitational competition in January. The New Student Union and the law school served to be excellent venues and all in attendance gave the students the highest praise for putting on an exceptionally well-organized tournament.
