Undergraduate and master's students from kinesiology, and doctoral students from interdisciplinary health sciences presented at the annual Southwest American College of Sports Medicine conference in Costa Mesa on October 28-29, 2022. Undergraduate students: Katherine Carlos, Myranda Peck, Jorge Perdomo Rodriguez, Gia Vu, Bianca Weyers; master's…

Hal Berghel (Computer Science) published an article titled, "Social Media and the Banality of (Online) Crowds," in the current (November 2022) issue of IEEE Computer. This article weaves together several threads relating to the abuses of social media and crowd science.

Jaime Carbajal, Ph.D., (Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education) and Debbie Pattni (Wilson Advising Center, College of Liberal Arts) presented "Where is My Advisor? The Retention of Academic Advisors is Important to Student Success" at the Global Community for Academic Advising annual conference on October 26 in Portland,…

Jaime Carbajal, Ph.D., (Office of the Vice Provost For Undergraduate Education) presented "Peer Mentors Make the Difference: Supporting First-Year Students in Health Sciences)" at the NACADA Annual Conference on October 24 in Portland, Oregon. The session was also selected by the NACADA Peer Advising and Mentoring Community to be one of its…

Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) received a $60,000 grant from CTR-IN for her pilot study titled, "Loving, Kindness, Meditation for Loneliness in Older Adults." This study looks at the effectiveness of these areas in increasing compassionate love, reducing feelings of loneliness, and improving cognitive function and psychological well-being among…

Charlotta E. Sanders (Mechanical Engineering) and Mark Callis Sanders’ paper titled, "Three Blind Mice — Low-dose Radiation, Epidemiology and the Law,” was presented at the International Nuclear Law Association’s (INLA) 2022 Nuclear Inter Jura by Mark Sanders. The meeting was held at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., on October 24-28,…

Christina Fanous, Max Nguyen, Omar Sanyurah, Wilbur Ji, Kavita Batra, and Rajany V. Dy (all medicine), presented a poster, "Does Covid-19 Increase the Risk of Developing Cystic Lung Disease?" at the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) annual meeting. CHEST is the global leader in advancing best patient outcomes through…

Third-year doctoral student Acacia Dorsey (Cultural Studies, International Education, and Multicultural Education) and third-year doctoral student Kamilah Bywaters (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented, "Not Black Like Me: Perspectives/Experiences of Black Women Doctoral Scholars at a PWI When There Are No Faculty…

Jeremy Cho (Mechanical Engineering) was awarded the American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator grant. The two-year, $110,000 grant will support fundamental research in understanding how surfactants can be used to mobilize oil trapped in water. The research is applicable to the petroleum field and groundwater…