Richard M. Oxborough, Trishan Wickramasinghe, Louisa Messenger (all Environmental and Global Health), Nikita Gopakumar (Mechanical Engineering), Michael Fong (Art), Yafet Tiruha, and Seungman Park (both Mechanical Engineering), along with other researchers from the University of Ghana Anastasia Mosquito Control (Florida) and Imperial College…

Aparna Polavarapu (Law) recently attended the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice Conference, where she contributed to the program in multiple capacities. She presented and facilitated the breakout session, "Narratives of Law, Justice, and Connection: Storytelling as a Tool of Repair," and served as a panelist for "A Human…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds Office) recently published a post on Informed Informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post riffs on a few lines from a Streelight Manifesto song that he found meaningful to himself and perhaps others.  

John Curry (History) presented a paper entitled "Tracking the Lives of Sufi Leaders Through Their Mecmua Collections" at a symposium organized on "Mecmuas in the Ottoman World: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Current Research." Held in June at the University of Vienna in Austria, the workshop focused on the use of pre-modern handbooks…

Jay Shen and Pearl Kim (both Healthcare Administration and Policy) recently present "Organizational Changes: What Factors Are Associated with Adoption and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in the U.S. Hospitals?" at the 26th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations.

Cory Lampert (Libraries) and Alexis Young from the City of Las Vegas recently presented during the webinar, "Partners In Promoting Community Data Use: Collaborations with Libraries," hosted by the Civic Switchboard Project and National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership. Their presentation highlighted the decade-long partnership between the…

Adrianna Munson (Sociology) published “As Independent as Possible”: Competing Autonomies and the Quest for Adulthood in Theory and Social Inquiry. The article explores how staff and parents at an independent living program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities navigate their competing definitions of independence.

Emma Frances Bloomfield (Communication Studies) published an article with co-author Leah Ceccarelli (University of Washington) titled, "Bad Arguments, Bad Science, and Bad Consequences: A Response to an Anti-Trans Keynote" in Argumentation. In response to an anti-trans keynote address given at the International Society for the Study of…

Alanna Bitzel (Writing Center) co-authored "How Region 9's Talk Stories Series Supports Professional Growth" with two advising colleagues, Michael Cersosimo of Loyola Marymount University and Maria Elisa Grandoné of the University of California, Irvine. The article was recently published, appearing in the March 2026 edition of…