Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) is a co-author of a newly published article, "Intergenerational perceptions and practices in breastfeeding and child feeding among quilombola women (African Brazilian) in Goiás State, Brazil," in the Reports in Public Health journal.   This exploratory qualitative study aimed to…

Keeva Lough (Art), an MFA candidate had her short film, The New Institute for Sexual Technologies presents The Future of Life, selected for the Las Vegas Queer Arts Film Festival. The film will be available to stream online through the festival, Oct. 15-18. Lough is a media artist whose work explores gender, the body, and the…

Frank van Breukelen, Helen Wing and Christy Strong (all Life Sciences) have been informed that their application for a Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship award has been funded.  The GAANN program provides fellowships to assist graduate students with excellent records…

Yvonne Houy (Fine Arts) was elected to be on the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities executive committee for a three year term. The group "fosters and champions the role of the arts, design, and arts integration in higher education" internationally. 

Ruben J. Garcia (Law) presented "The Racial Caste of Prison Labor" at the international workshop Between Privatization and Labor Law — Prison Labor and its Contemporary Challenges sponsored by the University of Haifa Faculty of Law and the Israel Science Foundation Sept. 30.

Peter Wiens (Teacher Education) and doctoral student Leona Calkins, along with colleague Paul Yoder of Eastern Mennonite University, published the article "Renewed Purposes for Social Studies Teacher Preparation: An Analysis of Teacher Self-Efficacy and Initial Teacher Education" in the Journal of Social Studies Education Research. The article…

Ken Kuruvilla, James Clark, Oscar Estrada Munoz, Allison McNickle, Douglas R. Fraser, Deborah A. Kuhls, John Fildes, and Paul J. Chestovich (all Medicine) recently presented a paper titled Implementation of brain injury guidelines (BIG) for isolated traumatic brain injury in adults decreases resource use without adversely impacting outcomes”…

Betty Burton, Chris Cochran, and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and policy), along with visition healthcare administration scholar Donghui Lou, Guogen Shan of the University of Florida, and Fuzai Yin, Lianying Wang, and Ruiji Liu of the First Hospital of Qinhuangdao, China, recently authored an article entitled "Pediatrics Hospital Care in…

  Ashley Yuill (The Care Center) gave two workshops titled "Navigating Transition & Change in the Workplace" and "Supporting Our Staff: Integrating Social Justice & Trauma Informed Frameworks into Policies & Procedures" for the Denver Human Services staff and executive management team. These workshops empowered…