Christian Jensen and Dan Lee (Political Science) published an article, "Potential Centrifugal Effects of Majoritarian Features in Proportional Electoral Systems," in the Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. They theoretically demonstrate the conditions under which majoritarian features, such as high election thresholds or…

The School of Life Sciences and department of psychology were named the office of undergraduate research (OUR) Spring 2021 Champions of Undergraduate Research for their commitment to excellence in research education. The award commends the leadership and faculty of each for their contributions in elevating the role of experiential and discovery…

A number of undergraduate students were recognized during the office of undergraduate research (OUR) spring 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium. They include: Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio (Public Policy and Leadership), who was awarded Best Podium Presentation Award in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Her presentation was Police…

Zaijing Sun (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) was invited and presented his research, "Nuclear Activation Analysis: Theory and Applications," in the INES seminar series of the department of engineering physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the talk, he discussed some recent studies conducted by the…

Romeo Jackson (Student Diversity & Social Justice) was awarded an emerging scholar grant with QTPIE: QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE IN EDUCATION. The mission of QTPiE is to educate, advocate, and build coalitions that advance equitable policies and practices for queer and trans people in higher education. 

Jason Flatt (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently co-authored an article, Characteristics of Sexual and Gender Minority Caregivers of People With Dementia, in the Journal of Aging and Health. This study is one of the first to describe the characteristics and psychosocial needs of sexual and gender minority or LGBTQIA+ caregivers of…

Michelle Tusan (History) published “Empire and International Relations” in  A Cultural History of Democracy, vol. 5, (London: Bloomsbury, 2021) edited by Eugenio Biagini.

Shaoan Zhang, Mark Carroll, Chengcheng Li (all Teaching and Learning), and Emily Lin (Graduate College) wrote "Supporting Part-time Students in Doctoral Programs: A Technology-based Situated Learning Model," which was published in Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education.   Shaoan Zhang, Chengcheng Li, and Danny Unger (all Teaching…

Halle Burns (Libraries) recently published the tutorial, "Crowdsourced-Data Normalization with Python and Pandas," in Programming Historian, an online, international digital humanities and digital history methodology journal. This lesson describes crowdsourcing as a form of data creation as well as how pandas (a Python package for data…