Recognized for her work in international children's rights, Maryam Ahranjani (Law) was recently invited to deliver a series of lectures in Japan. She presented "The Past, Present and Future of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project" at Meiji and Waseda Universities. Additionally, at Fukuoka University, she analyzed the United…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator, and Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), as a collaborator, with GBD 2023 US Substance Use Disorders Collaborators, coauthored the article titled, “National- and state-level burdens of substance use disorders in the USA, 1990-2023, with forecasts up…

Marketa Trimble (Law) served as a panelist at the Copyright Society's 50th Annual Meeting, where she discussed the transnational aspects of copyright transfer termination during the session "Vetting Vetter: Berne, Termination, and the Novel Theory That Could Change Everything."

An-Pyng Sun (Social Work) and Tracy Liu (University of Maryland, School of Medicine) recently delivered a 90-minute presentation titled “Enhancing Knowledge of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder among Social Workers and Counselors” at the 2026 National Association of Social Workers (NASW) National Conference in Washington, D.C. Their session…

Pearl C. Kim, Jay J. Shen, Christopher Cochran, and Ashley Meda (all Healthcare Administration and Policy) presented their research "Access to Care and Mental Health Among the First-Generation Latino" at the 2026 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Seattle, Washington.

Erin Zimmerman (UNLV Writing Center) co-authored an article titled, "Centering MENA Writing Scholarship within U.S. Transnational Framework," in MENA Writing Studies Journal. The article explores what U.S. writing centers can learn from multilingual and decolonial writing practices in Middle East and North Africa contexts.

Leslie T. Snadowsky (Journalism and Media Studies) won the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) first-place 2026 Silver Anvil Organizational Award for leading the “Best In-House Team - Associations/ Nonprofit Organizations” in the nation. The PRSA Anvil Awards, on Thursday, May 14, at the Edison Ballroom in NYC, honored communications…

Riana Durrett (Cannabis Policy Institute) joined the "An Update on Cannabis in Tribal Nations" panel during the most recent Cannabis Regulators Association (CANNRA) Stakeholder Meeting in Oklahoma, June 9-10. The panel, moderated by Melanie Franks, Tribal Liaison at the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management, included Durrett as well as …

Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with her international research collaborators, published a study titled “Effects of Ergonomic Chairs on Workplace Musculoskeletal Health: A Systematic Review” in Physical Treatments. The review examined how ergonomic chair features affect musculoskeletal health among seated workers and found that ergonomic…