Taylor Finelli (Electrical and Computer Engineering) received the Fall 2021 Cover Artwork Award from Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal.  The office of undergraduate research solicits student submissions to have a student-designed cover for each spring and fall issue. The competitive award intends to foster student participation in the…

Doris Morgan Rueda (History) was selected for a research fellowship from the Arizona Historical Society to conduct research at the Tucson branch of the Arizona Historical Society Archives. 

John Colombo (Dental) co-authored “Dental Pulp Stem Cell Heterogeneity: Finding Superior Quality "Needles" in a Dental Pulpal "Haystack" for Regenerative Medicine-Based Applications,” which appeared in print Jan. 4 in the journal Stem Cells International.  

Angela Silvestri-Elmore (Nursing) has been promoted to associate professor on a faculty-in-residence tract.

Dr. Neamat Hassan (Dental) accepted an invitation to join the Western Region's Practitioner Advisory Committee (PAC), which assists the Western Region National Dental Practice-Based Research Network. Nearly 7,500 U.S. and internationally-based dental practitioners, office staff, and researchers are members of the Western Region National Dental…

The College of Engineering Advising Center (Engineering), led by Chris Parker, was selected as the recipient of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Region 9 Excellence in Advising - Advising Innovation Award, based on their classroom visits initiative. The team has been doing classroom visits over the past few years…

Rajiv Kishore (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) had a paper, “Complements or Substitutes? Joint Effects of Description and Demonstration Signals on Counselor Demand from New Clients in an Online Market for Mental Healthcare,” accepted for publication by MIS Quarterly, which is a premier business journal listed in prestigious…

Jay Shen, Soumya Upadhyay, and Betty Burston (all Healthcare Administration and Policy) have been invited as guest editors of a special issue, "Socioeconomic Inequalities in Access to Care, Outcomes, and Healthcare Utilization," of the journal Healthcare. Manuscript submissions are being accepted until Oct. 31.

Carlos S. Dimas (History) authored a book, Poisoned Eden: Cholera Epidemics, State-Building, and the Problem of Public Health in Tucumán, Argentina, 1865-1908 through the University of Nebraska Press. The book analyzes the social, political, and cultural effects of three cholera epidemics, in 1868, 1886, and 1895, that shook the northwestern…