Rebecca Benfield (Nursing) was selected as a 2025 Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) for her significant contributions to health and health care. She will be recognized at the Academy's annual Health Policy Conference on October 16-18 in Washington, DC. 

Kimberly G James (Music) was elected to the board of directors for the Pan American Vocology Association (PAVA) and will serve as the Western Region Governor. PAVA's mission is to advance the scientific and interdisciplinary study of vocalization across species. PAVA fosters vocology in all countries of the Western Hemisphere through research…

Jingwen Yang (Marketing and International Business) recently published "Towards the Integration of Precision Medicine in Psychiatric Care Delivery: Evaluating the Impact of Clinical Guidelines on Drug-Related Adverse Events" in Journal of Operations Management.  The study investigates the impact of the Clinical Pharmacogenetics…

Roberto Lovato (English) wrote in The Nation magazine about the most important message coming out of the immigration crisis in Los Angeles: "Nos Tienen Miedo Porque No Tenemos Miedo (They Fear Us Because We Do Not Fear Them)."

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on Informed Informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post draws on his experience in prompting workshop discussing by asking for wrong answers first.

John Curry (History) presented a paper titled, "Setting the General Crisis of the Long Seventeenth Century in Comparative Contexts: How Do the Ottomans Fit?," at the SHIFA-ANAMED international workshop on "Death and Disease in Anatolia." The meetings took place at the Anatolian Civilizations Research Center (ANAMED) at Koç University in…

Professor Patience Crowder (Law) was part of a roundtable discussion titled "The Fearless Fund Settlement: Legal Implications for Charitable Activities that Advance Racial Justice" at the 2025 Law & Society Association's Annual Meeting

Hikmet Loe (Art) presented at Nevada Museum of Art in conjunction with their exhibition "Deep Time - Sea Dragons of Nevada." Her talk, "Robert Smithson's Dinosaurs - There Be Sea Monsters!" centered the artist's life-long fascination with deep time. From early dinosaur drawings influenced by Charles R. Knight to his later correlation of dinosaurs…

Kim McGrath, director of Board and Volunteer Relations, was nominated and elected to the Alumni Board of Directors at Webster University. In this role she will gain practical skills and engage in best practices with a diverse group of fellow alumni in Missouri and across the country.