Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) with co-authors Paul Bruno and Katharine Strunk published "The Effect of Teachers’ Union Contracts on School District Efficiency: Longitudinal Evidence From California" in the journal Sage Open. 

Teresa Praus and Mary Bondmass (both Nursing), along with Drs. Jonathan Li,  Svetlana Barbarash,  and Manuel Proenza, all of the cardiology department of Southwest Medical Associates, wrote "Improving Care for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation through the Use of a Personal Electrocardiogram," which was published last month in the Journal…

Latoya Burdiss (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) has been named to the NSHE Chancellor's Task Force on Mental Health. She is a PhD student.

Darrell W. Pepper (Mechanical Engineering) was selected by the Marquis Who's Who Publication Board for the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. In January this year, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, based in London. In 2020, Pepper and his Ph.D. student, Sogol Pirbastami, were selected by the Air…

Dr. Lily T. Garcia (Dental) co-authored “Dentists’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Professional Behavior Toward the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multisite Survey of Dentists’ Perspectives,” which appeared as the cover story in the January issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association.

Kevin Wright (Student Diversity & Social Justice) served as a panelist to discuss navigating into the field of higher education with a business-informed lens. This program was in collaboration with the National Alumni Development Committee, the National Professional Development Committee, and the Leadership Foundation of the international…

Aldo M. Barrita (Psychology) was one of the winners of the Graduate and Professional Student Association's Student Researcher Award. He was awarded a research grant for $2,500 for his study in "Latinx Experiences with Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions."

David Damore (Political Science), Robert Lang (Lincy and Brookings Mountain West), and Karen Danielsen (Public Policy and Leadership) are the authors of "In 2020, the Largest Metro Areas Made the Difference for Democrats," which was published by The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program. The analysis applies the "blue metros, red…

Mark Lenker (Libraries) published "Open-Mindedness is an Achievement: Prototyping a New Threshold Concept for Information Literacy" in LOEX Quarterly. In the article, Lenker argues that open-mindedness is an achievement, not a trait that one has by default. It requires careful attention to the best available evidence and argument on…