Neda Akhavan, Sara Rosenkranz, Lorena Dias, Amber Wood, and Cinthia Chavarria (all Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences) recently published "Ultra-Processed Foods and the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Continuum: Integrating Epidemiological, Multi-Omics, and Translational Evidence" in the journal Nutrients. 
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At the recent American Academy of Advertising Conference, Marla Royne Stafford (Marketing and International Business) and her Georgia colleague received the Temerlin/AAA grant for social responses d ethics to support their work on using humor and humorous threat in responsible gambling messages.  
On March 26, Black Mountain Institute's Executive Director Colette LaBouff and Associate Director of Programs Charlotte Wyatt presented their workshop "Parachutes and Grassroots: Supporting Local Arts and Culture Ecosystems Through Resident Artists" for the 2026 Artists Thrive Summit. The Summit was a national event, with hubs in six cities,…
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Zaijing Sun (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) was recently invited by his collaborators in the College of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he presented a seminar on the development of a remote gamma spectra collection system using a high-purity germanium detector integrated with a CosmicGuard system. This research was…
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Nachman Gutowski (Law) authored an organizational update on the Association of Academic Support Educators (AASE) for Raising the Bar. This quarterly publication by the AccessLex Institute focuses on sharing evidence-based insights regarding the bar exam.
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