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April 2025. Jordan Norris presented her dissertation work on novel EEG measures to better understand the underlying physiology of sensory and cognitive symptoms in individuals with Fragile X Syndrome at the Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in San Diego, CA.

April 2025. BABL was well represented at the OU PGSA Research Conference this year, with posters from graduate students Brenna Arledge (far left), Farima Naghash (left), and Rachana Rajala (right), and undergraduate student Connor Monroe (center)

April 2025. Congratulations to Rachana Rajala, who successfully defended her master’s thesis titled “Utilization of Blink Rate as Proxy for Engagement”. Nice work Rachana!!

April 2025. The OU Department of Psychology first year graduate students did a great job presenting their first year projects. BABL first year students Farima Naghash (third from right) and Eunsung Lee (second from right) gave excellent talks! 

May 2025. Dr. Ethridge was awarded with the OU Vice President for Research and Partnerships Award for Excellence in Research in the Social Sciences

July 2025. Dr. Jordan Norris successfully defended her dissertation, titled “Network Mechanisms Underlying Core Behavioral Features in Fragile X Syndrome”. Jordan is now headed to a postdoctoral position at Rush University Medical Center, where she will conduct clinical and translational neuroscience research at one of the most premier fragile x research clinics in the country. We’ll miss you Jordan!