Jan 13, 2026

Police-Related Stress Is Associated With Health Risk for Black Women

Worrying about police brutality and harassment is associated with physical markers of cardiovascular health risk in Black women in the United States. Assistant Professor of Psychology Lori Hoggard shares her expertise.

Dec 4, 2025

Beyond Her Years: Meet Urwa Rashid, NC State’s Fall 2025 University Commencement Student Speaker

19-year-old psychology major Urwa Rashid has been selected as the Student Speaker for the Fall University Commencement Ceremony taking place on Dec. 13, 2025.

Sep 30, 2025

Study Highlights Possible Path Forward for Teaching Writing to Students With Disabilities

New research suggests a technique called performance feedback could be a valuable tool for helping students with disabilities become stronger writers.

Aug 15, 2025

Student Resources and Forms

Mar 13, 2025

Food for Thought

Psychology alumna Laura Green Brown ’90 studies how human behavior affects public health.

Feb 4, 2025

Study Sheds Light on How to Encourage Condom Use Among Teens

Professor of Psychology Laura Widman discusses the study that finds simply having knowledge about safer sex practices is not enough to encourage condom use.

Feb 4, 2025

How Simple Prompts Can Make Partially Automated Cars Safer

Prompts help drivers that use partially automated driving systems stay engaged with their environment – unless the drivers are deeply distracted. Professor of Psychology and corresponding author Jing Feng explains the findings.

Dec 6, 2024

Howling Success: Ore Badejoh

Our final Howling Success of the semester is a graduate student in the applied social psychology Ph.D. program. She promotes healthy choices for the campus community through her work with Pack Peers and the Black Health Lab.

Sep 25, 2024

Online Microaggressions Linked to Poor Sleep Quality for Black Women

Microaggressions aimed at Black women online appear to harm the health of other Black women who see those microaggressions – even when the microaggressions are not aimed at them personally.

Apr 30, 2024

No Fear

Samantha Steffanus is about to graduate from NC State with two degrees and five years of incredible experiences under her belt. What keeps her reaching for such great heights?