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Elizabeth Torres awarded the Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research

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Published: Tuesday, 23 April 2019 15:26

We are excited to congratulate Elizabeth Torres for being awarded the Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research for the academic year 2018-2019. This is the highest honor for outstanding research contributions that the university awards to tenured faculty. Dr. Torres has had an incredible year, from launching her new autism center to securing her patent for work related to methods in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders.

RuCCS Students Launch the First Undergraduate Cognitive Science Journal in the World

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Published: Thursday, 04 April 2019 12:25

LAUNCH AND CALL FOR PAPERS: We are excited to announce the launch of the "Mental Note" journal, the only one of its kind – an Academic Journal dedicated to Cognitive Science, aimed at publishing undergraduate research.

We are looking for college-level research papers and theoretical works and commentaries pertaining to the Cognitive Sciences.

For more info, please visit the journal website - https://mental-note.org

Elizabeth Torres secures patent for "Methods for the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders"

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Published: Monday, 18 March 2019 12:29

We are excited to inform you that Dr. Elizabeth Torres has secured the patent for her work on "Methods for the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders" from the US Patent Office. 

RuCCS Executive Director Sara Pixley Awarded SAS Staff Excellence Award

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Published: Thursday, 28 February 2019 18:24

The first annual Arts and Sciences Staff Excellence Awards for Distinguished Service recipients were honored by Peter March, Executive Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, and JoAnne Williams, Vice Dean of Administration, for their distinguished record in service excellence and dedication to the School of Arts and Sciences and our students and constituents at a reception at Winants Hall on February 22.

RuCCS' own Sara Pixley was one of the twelve staff members who received the prestigious award. Click here to read the whole story.

Research Co-Authored by Dr. Silverstein has found that heavy smoking can damage vision

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Published: Wednesday, 20 February 2019 11:44

Recent study conducted by researchers from the Perception, Neuroscience and Behavior Laboratory in Brazil with Dr. Steve Silverstein as consultant, have discovered that smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day can damage your vision. 

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