Addie Rolnick (Law) organized and participated in a roundtable discussion on "Colonialism and Sovereignty Frameworks in Indigenous Studies" at the 2024 Native American and Indigenous Association Annual Conference.

Kelly Tseng (Life Sciences) participated as an invited speaker and panelist in the Lessons from Successful Grantees panel at the Dialogue With Institutional Leaders About Successfully Navigating NIH conference held at the National Institutes of Health main campus in Bethesda, MD. 

Faculty Sara Rosenkranz, Andrew Hooyman, Richard Rosenkranz (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with students Chris Acosta, Jose Hidalgo, CindyRomina Ballesteros Paniagua (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Daniela Gonzalez-Alvarez (Social and Behavioral Health) presented compelling research on infant formula…

"Gunpowder Mountain" by Jarret Keene (English) is now available for preorder. Join Kid Crimson in Virginia City, Nevada, in the 1860s as he faces ruthless gangs, rowdy saloon dwellers, and a plot to assassinate Lincoln. Bestselling western novelist Peter Brandvold says, "[Keene] is one hell of a writer."

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Resisting Epistemic Extractivism: Decolonial Scientific Practice in Mexico's Forensic Crisis" at the 2024 Latin American Studies Association annual meeting in Bogotá, Colombia. 

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) contributed to a new resource to support including young children with disabilities and their families in childcare programs. Building Inclusive State Child Care Systems is a collaboration between the Division for Early Childhood of the Council of Exceptional Children and…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented with Kimberly Hile of the University of Alabama in Huntsville at the National Association for the Education of Young Children's Professional Learning Institute June 10 in New Orleans, LA. Their session entitled "Welcoming Families of Young Children with…

Timothy Erwin’s (English) “Austen’s Oceans: New Contexts for Persuasion” appears in the current volume of 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era, a Rutgers University Press annual. The essay began as a presentation at a Luxembourg meeting called “Water and Sea in Word and Image.”  Erwin reads Austen’s last…

Yen-Soon Kim (Hospitality), chair of the Food & Beverage and Event Department and associate professor, has been recommended by a panel from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and World Learning to join the prestigious Fulbright Specialist Roster for a three-year tenure (starting June 14). This program,…