Mark Lenker (Libraries) is the 2026 recipient of the Libraries' Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award. He was recognized for his outstanding contributions to library scholarship, including his book, The Human Relationship with Information, and his article, “Thoughts on Synthesizing Information: A Research Skill for Our Time?” in portal:…

Leslie Griffin's (Law) new article, "Memoir: The Brain, Neuroethics, and Bioethics" has been published in the North Carolina Law Review.

Jeff Stempel (Law) presented "The Insurance Policy’s Inevitably Incomplete Search for Identity: Some Proposals for Pragmatically Pressing On" at the University of Connecticut.

Grace O. Adenuga (Mathematical Sciences) presented “Statistical Assessment of Drought–Yield Sensitivity: Regression and Spatial Evidence” at the ICM @ ICM 2026 Satellite Conference hosted by the Department of Mathematics at Morgan State University. The study demonstrated how statistical modeling and spatial analysis can be integrated to identify…

Ravi Batra (Public Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 Collaborators, have published a study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases titled “Global burden of enteric infectious diseases, diarrhoeal diseases, and corresponding aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of…

Susan Lee Johnson (History) delivered the opening plenary address at the Mormon History Association annual conference held in Las Vegas June 4-7. The invited address was entitled, "Unoriginal Sins: Slavery, Captivity, and Kinship in Western Places." In addition, Johnson chaired and moderated a session at the conference entitled, "Intimate Subjects…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) as a senior collaborator with GBD 2023 Diarrhoeal Disease and Enteric Infectious Diseases, published an article titled, “Global burden of enteric infectious diseases, diarrhoeal diseases, and corresponding aetiologies, 1990–2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease…

Dale Melgaard (Cinematic Arts) has received an "Official Selection" from the Janjira International Film Festival for the short film "Sin City Tales" and the script "The Phatman."

Eric Chiang (Economics) published an article on active learning in large-enrollment economics courses in the Spring 2026 issue of EconEdNews, the newsletter of the American Economic Association's Committee on Economic Education (pages 4–5). Drawing on the challenges of auditorium-style classrooms, such as fixed seating, noise, and limited student–…