Shaun Franklin-Sewell (Performing Arts Center), director of marketing and patron services, recently earned designation as a certified venue professional from the International Association of Venue Managers. Throughout the year mid-level venue industry professionals receive their Certified Venue Professional (CVP) designation from the…

Jaineet Chhabra (Medicine) held the inaugural camp of “Dr. Jai Basketball: It’s for Everyone!” This camp marked the beginning of an initiative meant to empower autistic children who are often underserved in traditional athletic environments.

Axel Rivas (Medicine) published an article titled, "Unexpectedly Low Rate of Metastasis and Death Among Patients Treated for Uveal Melanoma with Brachytherapy, Vitrectomy, and Silicone Oil," in the special issue of Cancers, Advances in Treatment of Uveal Melanoma. The article focuses on patients with melanoma arising in the eye have a…

Won-Yong Oh (Management and Entrepreneurship) was recently recognized as a 2025 Best Reviewer by Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP), one of the flagship journals of the Academy of Management. AMP is a leading outlet that publishes accessible and impactful management research with broad relevance for academics, practitioners, and policymakers…

A recent study from Chandra Bhattacharya's (Chemistry and Biochemistry) laboratory developed a lipid nanoparticle platform that can deliver mRNA intravenously to the spleen with 99% selectivity. This work was published in Small, titled "Endogenous Corticosteroid Derived Lipid Nanoparticles (Cortico LNPs) Enable Selective mRNA Delivery to…

Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), with an international team, published a short version of our child-birth related PTSD scale in BMJ: Global Health. Our original scale (Ayers, Wright & Thornton, 2018) has been translated into over 30 languages and is used as a screening device in several countries.…

Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health); Ashish Kumar Biswas (Epidemiology and Biostatistics); and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published a brief report titled, "Human Metapneumovirus: An Emerging Threat to Respiratory Health Globally" in the Italian journal, Advances in Medicine, Psychology and Public…

Jace Flatt and Drew Blasco (both Social and Behavioral Health) and colleagues have received a new four-year, $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for their project, "Promoting Engagement and Clinical Trial Readiness for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Among…

Professor Latisha Nixon-Jones (Law) recently served as a keynote speaker at the 116th NAACP National Convention. Her presentation addressed “The Current State of Disaster Relief and Disasters Without FEMA," offering timely insights into disaster response challenges and community resilience in the absence of federal emergency assistance.