George William Kajjumba (Engineering) was among the 19 participants selected to participate in the 2021 Black Trailblazers in Engineering program. The program prepares the best and brightest Black scholars nearing completion of their doctoral degrees or postdoctoral appointments at American universities for a career in engineering…

Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) presented a paper on grief and self-knowledge at the central division meeting of the American Philosophical Association. The paper was part of an authors-meets-critics session on Grief: A Philosophical Guide by Michael Cholbi of the University of Edinburgh.

Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) presented an invited talk titled "Why Ghosts Aren't So Spooky: The Ethics of Indirect 'Relationship' Dissolution" for the University of Colorado, Boulder's Center Talk series (hosted by the CU Philosophy Department).

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored an article entitled, "Assessing the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 among College Students: An Evidence of 15 Countries"  with co-authors from Coforge and University of Utah.  The study is a meta-analysis of psychological conditions…

Mary Bondmass (Nursing) has two chapters that appear in the fouth edition of  Research for Advanced Practice Nurses (Springer). The chapters are Overview of Evidence-based Practice and Sampling and Sampling Methods.

Kenneth Varner, Steven Bickmore, P. G. Schrader (all Teaching and Learning), and Danica G. Hays (Education), along with David L. Carlson (University of Arizona) and Dorothea Anagnostopolous (University of Connecticut) just had their second edited volume of the Corona Chronicles released from DiO Press. This volume, the second of two,…

Yingke Xu and Qing Wu (both Epidemiology & Biostatistics) published an article on "Trends in osteoporosis and mean bone density among type 2 diabetes patients in the US from 2005 to 2014" in Scientific Reports. This study aimed to examine how bone health changed among T2DM patients in the past decade. Learn more here. Xu is a…

Kevin Wright (Student Diversity & Social Justice) served as a panelist to discuss business-related practices within higher education for business professionals and professional association leaders. This panel was hosted by the Reno Alumni Chapter and the Fairbanks Remote Alumni Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi.

Student Diversity & Social Justice hosted the 3rd Annual Black Carpet Awards. The Black Carpet was designed as a means to celebrate and recognize the contributions of Black students, staff, faculty, and community members. What started as one of the premier events during Black History Month, the Black Carpet is now an annual campus…