Richard Rosenkranz, Ph.D., (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published "A Protocol for a Local Community Monitoring and Feedback System for Physical Activity in Organized Group Settings for Children" in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 1(aop), 1-9. 

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) in collaboration with colleagues from Chongqing Medical University published an article titled, “Effect of WeChat-based intervention on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices among university students in Chongqing, China: a quasi-experimental study,” in the Journal of Health,…

Kwang Kim (Mechanical Engineer), distinguished professor and Southwest Gas professor of energy and matter, co-authored a paper titled "Multiphysics Modeling Framework for Soft PVC Gel Sensors with Experimental Comparisons," in Polymers. The leading author is Justin Neubauer, who graduated with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering.

Elizabeth Stacy (Life Sciences) convened with 39 other speciation biologists at Tvarminne Zoological Field Station in Finland for a four-day workshop on Integrating Speciation Research, sponsored by the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Workshop participants, who were chosen from a large applicant pool, worked together to identify gaps…

Carlos S. Dimas (History) was elected as president-elect of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) at the 2023 conference in Antigua, Guatemala. He will serve as president-elect 2023-2024 and then as president 2024-2025. SECOLAS is an association of individuals interested in Latin America established in 1953. Its objectives…

Christopher Johansen (Social and Behavioral Health) received funding from the National Institute of Health to promote NIH's All of Us Research Program. The All of Us Research Program is a historic effort to collect and study data from one million or more people living in the United States. The goal of the program is better health for all of…

Vanessa Marie Booth (Political Science, The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West) has been selected to receive the Thomas J. Watson Leadership Scholarship, which funds graduate study at Brown University. Admitted to the accelerated MPA program, Booth will be one of few students who receives the Watson Scholarship to not only fund her graduate…

Professor Stephen Caplan (Music) was a featured speaker for the Music Teachers National Association national conference held in Reno, Nevada. His talk, "90% Mental, the Other Half in Physical! — The Body/Mind Conundrum in Music Performance," was part of MTNA's Pedagogy Saturday: Musician Wellness. Caplan also invited to discuss…

Jessica Grifaldo (Life Sciences), a first-generation Latina graduate student, was awarded a National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRFP). Grifaldo and her mentor Eduardo Robleto will study how bacterial cells control the expression of genes conferring the ability to swim, an adaptive behavior to escape environmental…