A timely publication from six Geography and Environmental Sciences faculty titled “Pandemics and the future of human-landscape interactions,” appeared August 27 th in the journal Anthropocene . While early reflections on COVID-19 from the academic community have tended to target the microbiology, medicine, and animal science communities, this article articulates...

Associate Professor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Audrey Hendricks recently received a National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) award to develop efficient methods to improve the use of genetic summary data. The Genomic Innovator Awards was developed to support innovative work by genomics investigators who are early in their careers...

Gary Olson, Senior Instructor in the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, will co-PI on a new National Science Foundation award (PI of the award is Heather Johnson from the School of Education & Human Development). The project, titled " Promoting Mathematical Reasoning and Transforming Instruction in College Algebra ,”...

Associate Dean for Diversity, Outreach, and Initiatives, and Professor of History, Marjorie Levine-Clark contributed to the edited collection A Cultural History of Work: Volumes 1-6 , which recently won the Association of American Publishers 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference: Humanities. Her chapter, “Work and Society” was included in Volume...

Peter A. Kopp, Associate Professor of History, recently began a yearlong National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Grant in the hopes of finishing his second book, “Fabián García: Father of the New Mexico Chile Pepper.”

In “Logos on Everest: Commercial Sponsorship of American Expeditions, 1950–2000,” published in July by Cambridge University Press , the History Department’s latest hire, Assistant Professor Rachel Gross lays out the impact companies have had on the history of summiting Mount Everest. “The funds dedicated to sponsorship by the end of...

Incoming Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology Sara Branco has been awarded one of the Mycological Society of America’s most prestigious honors, the 2020 C.J. Alexopoulous Prize. The MSA’s Alexopoulous Prize is given annually to the most outstanding mycologist early in their career. The nominees are evaluated primarily on the basis...

Clinical Health Psychology student Alex Presciutti (along with colleagues) recently published, “Modifiable provider-patient relationship factors and illness perceptions are associated with quality of life in survivors of cardiac arrest with good neurologic recovery” ( Resuscitation Plus Volume 3 , September 2020). The researchers’ aim was to identify the implications of...

Associate Professor of Anthropology Marty Otañez was featured in the podcast episode Cannabis Workers' Rights and Social Responsibility , produced by Cannabis Science Today. The podcast covers how to build a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable cannabis industry, and avoid the pitfalls of Big Tobacco. Otañez shares his research on...

Associate Professor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Steffen Borgwardt was recently awarded a $233,560, 4-year, National Science Foundation award for researching Circuit Walks in Optimization . Borgwardt is working to design, study, and implement algorithms for optimal gradual transitions between solutions of a mathematical program. The ability to efficiently construct...