Aya Shata represented her research team, including Arthur Soto-Vasquez and Dave Nourse (all Journalism and Media Studies), in presenting their paper titled "Generative AI in the Eyes of PR Practitioners: A Longitudinal Study of Evolving Perceptions, Practices, and Concerns" at the International Communication Association Conference in…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) has been selected as a 2026 Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI) Scholar, a highly competitive national program sponsored by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Selected based on her accomplishments, commitment to health disparities…

Alexandra Nur and Kaylee Faria (both Criminal Justice) along with their co-author Ian Silver (RTI International) recently published a manuscript titled "Seasonal Mental Health Symptoms Amongst Former Criminal Legal System-Involved Adolescents" in the Journal of Adolescence. The article examines whether the season in which respondents are…

Tom Romero (Law) presented a continuing legal education (CLE) webinar for the Colorado Bar Association’s Water Law Section. His presentation was titled, "Re-Imagining the Legal History of Water Law in 'Colorful' Colorado (and Its Implications for the Present and Future Practice of Water Law)."

Recognized for her work in international children's rights, Maryam Ahranjani (Law) was recently invited to deliver a series of lectures in Japan. She presented "The Past, Present and Future of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project" at Meiji and Waseda Universities. Additionally, at Fukuoka University, she analyzed the United…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator, and Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), as a collaborator, with GBD 2023 US Substance Use Disorders Collaborators, coauthored the article titled, “National- and state-level burdens of substance use disorders in the USA, 1990-2023, with forecasts up…

Marketa Trimble (Law) served as a panelist at the Copyright Society's 50th Annual Meeting, where she discussed the transnational aspects of copyright transfer termination during the session "Vetting Vetter: Berne, Termination, and the Novel Theory That Could Change Everything."

An-Pyng Sun (Social Work) and Tracy Liu (University of Maryland, School of Medicine) recently delivered a 90-minute presentation titled “Enhancing Knowledge of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder among Social Workers and Counselors” at the 2026 National Association of Social Workers (NASW) National Conference in Washington, D.C. Their session…

Pearl C. Kim, Jay J. Shen, Christopher Cochran, and Ashley Meda (all Healthcare Administration and Policy) presented their research "Access to Care and Mental Health Among the First-Generation Latino" at the 2026 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Seattle, Washington.