Hannah Highlander, mathematics, presented “Inviting Students to Engage in the Modeling Process Through a New Framework for Models and Modeling, Professional Development for Undergraduate Educators: Scientific Thinking with Models and Data Workshop” (with copresenters Melissa Aikens, Kam Dahlquist, Joe Dauer, Sam Donovan, Carrie Eaton, Greg Goins, Kristin Jenkins, John Jungck, Glenn Ledder, Robert Mayes, Joe […]
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Bob Butler, professor emeritus environmental studies, wrote and directed an animation on Japan’s Earthquakes & Tectonic Setting recently published by the Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS). The computer animation was done by Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated. View the animation at: this link or on youtube. John Watzke, education, presented “From Grad School to Tenure: Establishing Scholarly […]
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Alice Gates, social work, presented at the Institute for Social Policy annual conference in St. Louis, Missouri with UP students and graduates Dorian Pacheco ’17, Caitlin Varquez ’17, Emma Martínez ’18, Anaceli Mejía ’18, Catherine Adam ’20, and Nicole Panowicz ’20 on June 3, 2017. The team presented on their year-long project involving community-engaged research on […]
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Hannah Highlander, mathematics, cowrote “The Case for Biocalculus: Design, Retention, and Student Performance” (with Carrie Diaz Eaton) in CBE Life Sci Education 16:ar25 1-11. doi:10.1187/cbe.15-04-0096, June 2017. She also presented “Agent-Based Modeling of Zika: Modeling Spread During the 2016 Summer Olympics and Beyond, Intercollegiate Biomathematics Alliance Cross-institutional Undergraduate Research Experience (IBA CURE) Workshop, Normal, Illinois, with student co-presenters: […]
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Aziz Inan, engineering, along with undergraduate electrical engineering students Matthew Yuen and Jacob Kirby and UP alumni Peter Perkins and Henry Benitez, presented and published a research paper titled, “Why Do GFCIs Keep Tripping?” in the 2017 IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering (ISPCE 2017) Proceedings , pp. 15-19, San Jose, California, May 8-10, 2017. The […]
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Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, was invited to provide a 3-day retreat workshop for the faculty of Marian University on the topic of integrating Catholic identity and university mission into their work as professors and scholars, in Indianapolis, Ind., May 16-18. Natalie Nelson-Marsh, communication studies, (with student co-presenter Jared Kopczynski) presented “Lights must stay on”: The communicative roles […]
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Cara Poor, engineering, wrote a cover story research paper, “Implications of Using Different Water Sources When Hydrologically Compacting Bioretention Columns” (with Clayton Stahnke) in Water Environment Research, May 2017. See the article here. She also made a poster presentation, “Evaluting the Effects of Water Treatment Residuals in Bioretention Soil Mixes,” with Mansberger, C., Tade, J., Conkle, K., MacDonald, […]
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Eduardo Contreras, Jr., international languages and cultures, presented “Legitimizing Exclusivity in Education Abroad: Roots of Selectivity in U.S. Undergraduate Study Abroad, 1950s–1970,” at the AERA Annual Meeting and Symposium: Historical Perspectives on Critical Internationalization, San Antonio, TX : April 29, 2017. On April 2-5, Sr. Angela Hoffman, chemistry, and two of her students attended the national American […]
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Sruthi Rothenfluch, philosophy, presented “Loss of Agency in Thought Insertion” to the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology in March 2016. Rothenfluch also wrote “Defeaters to Best Interests Reasoning in Genetic Enhancement” in Philosophical Studies. Online Publication: 07, Nov 7, 2016. Lorretta Krautscheid, nursing, presented “The relationship between resilience protective factors and moral distress among nursing students” (with Laura […]
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Deana Julka, psychological sciences, along with psychology students Jimmy Sheldrup, Jashimara Rodriguez-Poma, Kyle Delacruz, Corey Flynn, Amanda Godwin, and Lauren Miller) presented two panels on “Body Image: Research and Personal Narratives” at Jesuit High School on Friday, April 7. Ian Parkman, business, was quoted along with fellow marketing academics from University of Oregon and PSU discussing Nike’s recent […]