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Ph.D. Human Development
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Gain greater expertise in human development as you complete specialized research to advance the field.
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- Aug 20, 2025
Grant will fund first-of-its-kind National Youth Purpose Survey
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The Purpose Science and Innovation Exchange, an initiative in the College of Human Ecology that launched in April to study the burgeoning field of purpose, has received a $3 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
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Qi Wang
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Psychology
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Qi Wang is the Joan K. and Irwin M. Jacobs Professor of Human Development in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. She holds a BSc in Psychology from Peking University, China, and a PhD in Psychology from Harvard University. She directs the Culture & Cognition Lab. Wang's research examines the mechanisms underlying the development of a variety of cognitive and social-cognitive skills in the context of culture, focusing particularly on autobiographical memory and future cognition
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Jonathan A. Rottenberg
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Psychology
