Shawn McCoy (Economics) has been accepted to the 2018 Lincoln Institute Scholars Program. As part of this, he will be associated with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and participate in a program in May with other selected Ph.D.s in public finance or urban economics from all over the country. He also will have an opportunity to…

Gabriele Wulf (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) received a Distinguished Scholar Award from the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. The award recognizes her outstanding achievement in her scientific career. The award is given to individuals who have consistently contributed high-quality scholarship that has…

Jesús Galindo, Manuel Rodríguez and Lizette Arellano (all World Languages and Cultures) presented, respectively, the papers “El homosexual y el revolucionario en El beso de la mujer araña,” “Niebla: La voz masculina y sus interlocutoras femeninas,” and “El vencimiento del hombre blanco por la mujer negra en Maldito amor de Rosario Ferre” at the…

Esther Herrera (Urban Affairs) and Kevin McVay (Sciences) presented a poster at the 2018 National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Region 9 Conference in Santa Rosa, California. It was titled, "You Are Graduating Soon. Now What?" Their presentation focused on graduation being an exciting time for many students; however, it can also be…

Tracy Johnson and Alysse Chavez (both Liberal Arts) presented at the 2018 National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Region 9 Conference in Santa Rosa, California. They presented "But, Nobody Told Me! Addressing Information that is Not Heard Through the Grapevine." The presentation focused on the familiar phrase from students, “but…

Margaret Harp (World Languages and Cultures) presented the paper "Les Heures et les Psaumes: Navigating the Third Religious War in Le Printemps d'Yver" at the annual conference of the Renaissance Society of America, which took place in New Orleans earlier this moth. She also chaired one conference panel session.

Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) presented the paper "Ficino's Plotinian Metaphysics in Early Modern Spanish Poetics" during the Renaissance Society of America (RSA) conference held in New Orleans earlier this month. She also chaired three conference sessions, and completed her three-year term as Discipline Representative in…

David Orentlicher (Law) recently published the 9th edition of his co-authored health law textbook, Health Care Law and Ethics (Wolters Kluwer 2018).

Judd Harbin (Student Affairs) recently presented two educational sessions at the annual conference for NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. The conference was held in Philadelphia earlier this month. His first presentation was a solo presentation, "Implementing Peer Review in Student Affairs Annual Planning at an MSI Doctoral…