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Recognizing ongoing complications for everyone brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, and acknowledging the pandemic’s disparate impact on potential applicants from underrepresented communities, the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech will waive GRE scores for the current recruiting cycle.  Applicants who do not submit GRE

Thank you to Mike Wade with New River Valley Community Services for taking time to interview Jennifer Bertollo, VT Clinical Science doctoral level student and VTAC/CAR clinician and researcher, and Jen Scott, Rural Outreach and Grants Coordinator for VTAC/CAR.

When COVID-19 forced much of the world into self-quarantine and social distancing this past spring, the team at the Virginia Tech Autism Clinic had to completely rework how they operate.  Read more about their

Ran Liu who was selected to receive 2019 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad.  This scholarship award was created by the China Scholarship Council in 2003 to honor Chinese students with outstanding academic accomplishments. This is the highest award given by the Chinese government to graduate students studying at universities around the world.

Alyssa Gatto.  recently selected as a Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)-Doctoral Scholars Program (DSP) Dissertation Year Award recipient for 2020-2021.

Ya-Yun Chen was selected to receive the Government Scholarship to Study Abroad (GSSA) issued by Taiwan Ministry of Education. This is a two year scholarship to support her research proposal, A longitudinal neuroimaging investigation of aggressive and prosocial behaviors in parent-child dyads and the influence factors.

Angela Scarpa and Jennifer Scott received the VT Alumni Award for Outreach Excellence, on behalf of the VT Autism Clinic and Center for Autism Research.

WFXR's Living Local Virginia Tech Tuesday interviewed Dr. Angela Scarpa, Director, Virginia Tech Autism Clinic and Center for Autism Research and Jen Scott with Virginia Tech about the details of their unique mission to serve people.  Watch the short clip here.

How do kindergarten children know girls can be scientists? Girls Launch!

The death of George Floyd and too many others, coming on the heels of a pandemic that has disproportionately impacted communities of color, have left many of us feeling pain, uncertainty, and vulnerability, especially our students and faculty of color.  Know that we as a Psychology Department stand with you who have suffered, and continue to suffer, from the long history of injustice in our soc