News & Announcements Archive


Announcing Inaugural Vivien Thomas Scholars Application Cycle

Announcing Inaugural Vivien Thomas Scholars Application Cycle
The Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative is a new endowed fellowship program dedicated to nurturing diverse STEM talent that exists at HBCUs and MSIs. The Department of Cognitive Science is thrilled to have its PhD program participating in this initiative! Scholarship applications are due Dec. 1. [...]


A Round of Applause for Recent PhD Completers

Lets take a moment to acknowledge the accomplishments of several of our PhD graduates who finished this year: Celia Litovsky, Jane Lutken, Donald Li, and Najoung Kim. Click to read more about their first positions. [...]


Welcome New Graduate Students!

We have many new graduate students joining department this year. Join us in welcoming them to Hopkins! [...]


Student Wins BUCLD Paper Award

Student Wins BUCLD Paper Award
Rennie Pasquinelli received this year’s Jean Berko-Gleason Award for her paper on “Tense acquisition in Williams syndrome: The interaction of rules with long-term memory impairment”. The award is given annually at […]


Undergraduate Spotlight: Jiayu Shao

Undergraduate Spotlight: Jiayu Shao
Jiayu Shao, '21 graduated with a major in neuroscience. He spent a significant amount of time as an RA in our Bonner Lab as a student. The experience he gained launched him into a two-year postbaccalaureate position at the National Institute of Mental Health conducting research on scene and abstract concept representation. [...]


Undergraduate Spotlight: Shreya Wadhwa

Undergraduate Spotlight: Shreya Wadhwa
"This summer, I will be working as a Google STEP (Student Training in Engineering Program) Intern on the Geo Team! Working in the [Bonner] lab has taught me a lot, and the interpersonal and technical skills that I have acquired have been an invaluable asset for my Internship!" [...]


Undergraduate Spotlight: Neha Nandiwada

Undergraduate Spotlight: Neha Nandiwada
"Thanks to Prof. Bonner and Dr. Magri’s training and mentorship, I am working at Google as a STEP Intern on the hotel search team this summer. I’m excited to apply the technical and problem-solving skills I’ve learned in the Bonner Lab to my internship!"