On April 10, 2026, Shanika Wickramarachchi and Alexis Rice (both Psychology) presented “‘Feeling Out of Place’: Impostor Phenomenon Among BIPOC and LGBTQ STEM College Students” in a roundtable at the 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. The study, co-authored with Richard Chang, Diana Beltran, Gloria…

Samuel A. Matthys, Alexander Rowan, Ryan Grinnell, Vidhani Goel, Brenna Chen, Lateef Omidiji Jr., Avni Joshi, Shane Jung, Stephanie Martinez, Kavita Batra, and Rabia Nizamani (all Medicine) published an abstract of their study, “Epidemiology and Outcomes of Pavement Burns Among Unhoused Patients,” in the Journal of Burn Care & Research. This…

Alexander Chen, Brenna Chen, Vidhani Goel, Alexander Rowan, Christopher Demme, Tiffany Yu, Paul P. Kim, Kendra Coleman, Kavita Batra, Stephanie Martinez, and Rabia Nizamani (all Medicine) published the abstract of their study, “Beyond the Surface: Clinical and Social Determinants of Pavement Burns,” in the Journal of Burn Care & Research. This…

Brenna Chen, Paul P. Kim, Vidhani Goel, Alexander Rowan, Kevin Gladin, Lateef Omidiji Jr., Shane Jung, Kavita Batra, Rabia Nizamani, and Stephanie Martinez (all Medicine) published an abstract of their study, “Impact of Temperature on Burn Operating Room Demand at a Regional Burn Center,” in the Journal of Burn Care & Research. This work was…

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 discusses how we tend to treat other like NPCs, why that isn't a good thing, and what we can do about it.   

Jennifer Bellor and Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) curated a concert at the Rita Deanin Abbey Museum in Las Vegas. Presented as part of the RDA Performs series, the concert combined contemporary compositions by Bellor and music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by L. Couperin, G. Gabrielli, G.P. Telemann, and A. Vivaldi. The music was…

Qingmin Shi, Shiloh Fling, and Tina Nelson (all Decision Support) recently presented an i-Poster the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA) in Los Angeles, CA. Their study, titled “Integrating Canvas engagement data and student evaluations of teaching to predict academic performance”, explores how student and faculty…

On April 10 Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a guest lecture on the rise of Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam for students in the AP African American Studies class offered at Cheyenne High School.

Scott Jackson (Accounting) and co-authors Paul E. Ordyna (University of Missouri-St. Louis) and Srinivasan C. Ragothaman (University of South Dakota) received the 2026 “Excellence in Accounting Ethics Education” Award from the Public Interest, Ethics and Sustainability Section of the American Accounting Association. The award recognizes their case…