Elizabeth Johnson, a doctoral student, Arianna Portillo, an undergrad, Nikki Bennett, a graduate student, and Peter Gray (all Anthropology) published "Exploring women's oxytocin responses to interactions with their pet cats." While similar research has investigated oxytocin responses of parents to babies or of people to interactions…

Jeff Schauer (History) participated in "Remembering Kaunda: His Life and Legacies in Southern Africa and Beyond," a conference hosted by the Southern African Institute for Policy and Research (based in Lusaka, Zambia). Kenneth Kaunda (1924-2021) was Zambia's president between 1964 and 1991. Schauer's paper, "Arming Zambia for Africa:…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on the Ombuds blog outlining why you--yes, you--might be a great campus mediator. To learn more about the position and how to apply, please read the original post. 

Miguel M. Gonzales (Educational Policy and Leadership), Tiberio Garza (Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Elizabeth Leon Zaragoza, a graduate student presented their research "Generating Innovative Ideas for School Improvement: An Examination of School Principals" at the annual University Council for…

Hal Berghel (Electrical and Computer Engineering) was named a life fellow of The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers effective Jan. 1.

Camille Adajar (Medicine) and Dr. Wolfram Samlowski of the Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada recently published "Cautious addition of targeted therapy to PD-1 inhibitors after initial progression of BRAF mutant metastatic melanoma on checkpoint inhibitor therapy" in the journal BMC Cancer. The article addresses patients with metastatic…

Nicole Batten, Analiesa Delgago, Alejandra Herrera, and Doris Morgan-Rueda (all History), all graduate students, won the Western History Association Graduate Student Prize, and were honored at the organization's 2021 conference, held recently in Portland, Oregon.

Qing Wu (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) published a paper on "Trends and disparities in osteoarthritis prevalence among US adults, 2005-2018" in the journal Scientific Reports. This study aimed to examine the trend of osteoarthritis prevalence in men and women and within race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status groups from 2005 to 2018. The…

Nicole Batten (History), a doctoral student, won the WHA-Huntington Martin Ridge Fellowship to conduct dissertation research at The Huntington Library.