Larry Larsen, performing and fine arts, designed the scenery for the Portland Revel’s yearly solstice production of “Commedia Italiana,” which is being performed in the St. Mary’s Academy auditorium in downtown Portland from December 16 through Dec. 21.
Elinor Sullivan, biology, published “Novel Genomic Variants Associated with Resistance to High Fat Diet Induced Obesity in a Primate Model” (with Harris RA, Alcott CE, Takahashi D, McCurdy CE, Comstock S, Baquero K, Blundell P, Frias AE, Sachs M, Suter M, Wesolowski A, Friedman JE, Grove KL, Aagaard KM) in Scientific Reports, 4;6:36123. doi: 10.1038/srep36123 2016 November; and “Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and offspring ADHD: A quasi-experimental sibling comparison, population-based design” (with Musser ED, Willoughby MT, Wright S, Olson B, Stadler D, Steiner RD, Nigg, JT) in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, . doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12662 2016 Nov 30 [Epub ahead of print].
Amber Vermeesch, nursing, received the Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research Collaboration Award, Office of the Provost, Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement, December 2016.
Peter Pappas, education, and students in his fall 2016 Social Studies Methods class have released their latest iBook (Vol. 4) created as part of the class. It went live on iTunes in 51 countries on Wednesday, December 7. The first 3 volumes of Pappas’ iBooks just crossed the 15,000 download mark. Follow this link to iTunes and a static Slideshare version of the book.
Naveen Gudigantala, business, presented “The Effects of Consumer Perceptions of Ethics in Online Gray Market Sourcing Activities on Trust and Purchase Intention” at the Decision Sciences Institute’s Annual Conference, Austin, Texas, November 20, 2016.