David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently delivered a plenary address at the Coalition of Federal Ombuds annual conference. The talk, titled "Many Open Doors: Serving Multiple Populations as an Ombuds," highlighted the additional complications and responsibilities that come with serving many different groups simultaneously.

Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) gave an invited talk to the department of media and communications, University of Sydney, with Tēvita O. Kaʻili (Brigham Young University-Hawaii) titled, "Kū Kia'i Kahuku: Civic Streaming and Altruistic YouTube." This talk attempted to theorize the concept of civic streaming, and specifically…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently presented a keynote lecture at the Themed Entertainment Association's Storytelling Architecture Technology Experience conference. The lecture, "Busting the Myths That Made Las Vegas," briefly discussed several key turning points in Las Vegas casino history that have often been misunderstood.

Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) accepted an appointment to serve on the editorial board for the BYU Education and Law Journal. 

Ann Vuong's (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) project titled "Early life organophosphate ester (OPE) exposures and adiposity and cardiometabolic health during adolescence" has received over $2 million in grant funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Research reported…

Dr. Paul Chestovich (Medicine) and Erin Breen (Engineering) sat down with the Review Journal recently to comment on the alarming trend of underreported pedestrian crashes near CCSD schools. Data tracking and reporting on these crashes leave gaps that the community would like to see addressed.

Angela Amar (Nursing) was re-elected to a second term for the American Academy of Nursing Board of Directors.

Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing), Jay Shen (Public Health), and Tricia Gatlin (Nursing) published a new article, "Outcomes of Childbirth Education in PRAMS, Phase 8" in the Maternal and Child Health Journal. The research explores childbirth education and better outcomes for maternal child health throughout the United States.  

Amanda Belarmino and coauthor Toni Repetti's (both Hospitality) recent article, published in the Journal of Foodservice Business Research, explores how adherence to COVID-19 government requirements and recommendations impacted restaurant customers' willingness-to-pay.