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Directions to Campus

Directions to campus are available from the office of Undergraduate Admissions. From the main entrance to campus at Route 1 and Paint Branch Parkway, follow campus drive straight to the Biology Psychology Building. From the UM Shuttle or other public transit stopping on campus, get off at the main bus stop in front of the Stamp Student Union and take a right -- the Biology Psychology Building will be on your left off of Campus Drive.

Parking

Departmental Parking Pass

Faculty may request the departmental parking pass for visitors, allowing them to park in the Regents Drive garage.

Visitor Parking

The Union Lane Parking Garage is located right behind the Biology-Psychology Building. The location of both the Biology-Psychology Building and the Union Lane Garage can be seen on a map of the College Park campus.

Parking information for incoming students

Transportation Services issues parking passes to students as well as operating the free campus transit system.

About Us

In the Department

fMRI grant proposal funded

A grant proposal submitted by NACS faculty for a functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging facility on campus has been funded by the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Program. This facility will substantially enhance our ability to conduct cutting edge research in human neuroscience and cognitive science. NACS faculty members come from a variety of departments including Bioengineering, Hearing and Speech, Human Development, Kinesiology, Linguistics, Psychology, and others.

Banneker-Key Scholars

The Banneker-Key Scholarship is the most prestigious and competitive scholarship that the University offers to incoming freshmen. The top tier of awards supplies the full cost of tuition, fees and room and board coupled with a book allowance for four years. The Psychology Department has 9 Banneker-Key Scholars among the incoming freshman class. This raises the total number of Banneker-Key Scholars in the departmenr to 33, more than 1/3 of the 95 Banneker-Key Scholars in all of BSOS.

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