School of Criminal Justice Associate Professor Theodore Wilson II was awarded $45,364 by the Russell Sage Foundation to study why incarcerated individuals accept plea deals. Working with Christi Metcalfe of the University of South Carolina, Wilson will explore how guilt, trust in one's attorney and the perceived likelihood of conviction influence these decisions.

Colleges of Arts and Sciences Dean and SUNY Distinguished Professor Jeanette Altarriba has been selected to deliver the keynote address in New Orleans at the November 2027 conference of the Psyhonomic Society, the preeminent society for cognitive psychologists engaged in the experimental study of cognition.

Samantha Friedman was awarded $452,409 from the National Institute of Health for a project mapping historical mortgage disinvesment in the 1930s and the connection to individuals' years of life. Co-PIs on the two-year project are Rui Li and Shiguo Jiang.