Margaret Tait, assistant professor of health studies, presented "Platformed Persuasion: TikTok and the Marketing of Wellness through MLMs" at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA).
Jack Singal, professor of physics, published "Leveraging Redshift Probabilities and Machine Learning Classification to Identify Catastrophic Outlier Photometric Redshift Estimates" in The Astrophysical Journal along with Jason Yoo, '26, and Christine Gyure, '25.
Kurt Beals, visiting associate professor of German studies, received an honorable mention for the Stephen Mitchell Prize for Excellence in Translation for So the Day Begins: Grief Refrain, a translation of Anja Utler’s book of poetry.
John Peters, assistant professor of biology, published "Getting students excited about introductory biology" in ASBMB Today.
Harrison Moenich, manager of photography arts and media equipment, presents their piece, Z, at the Queer Conscience 2026 exhibition at The Image Flow Photography Center. This is the first exhibition of Moenich's newest body of work, Q.M.C., which documents the rise of the Queer Moto Club in Richmond, Virginia.
Dean Simpson, professor of classical studies, received the 2026 Lurlene W. Todd Teacher of the Year Award from the Classical Association of Virginia. The award recognizes an outstanding Latin teacher or professor of Latin, Greek, classics, or archaeology on any instructional level in Virginia.
Jack Singal, professor of physics, published “Observing Strategies for Making a 310 MHz Absolute Map with the Green Bank Telescope" in Research Notes of the AAS along with Owen Schardt, '27, about strategies for mapping the sky with the Green Bank Telescope.
Kurt Beals, visiting associate professor of German studies, was named to the shortlist for the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize for his translation of Erich Maria Remarque’s classic novel All Quiet on the Western Front. The award is considered one of the top prizes for German-English translators.
Colleen Carpenter-Swanson, assistant professor of biology, published “Employing zebrafish to understand genetic drivers of epilepsy-related comorbid behaviors” in Frontiers in Pharmacology along with Kharma Hall, '24, and Olivia Beatty, '24.
Laura Knouse, professor of psychology, published “Efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral group intervention for ADHD in college students via telehealth” in the Journal of American College. The article examines a telehealth adaptation of a cognitive-behavioral intervention for college students with ADHD that focuses on organizational, time management, and planning (OTMP) skills.
Rania Kassab Sweis, associate professor of anthropology, presented "The Politics of Medicine in the Middle East" at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago in honor of National Arab American Heritage Month.
Carrie Wu, professor of biology, published “Wavyleaf basketgrass (Oplismenus undulatifolius) invasion is associated with changes in soil microbial communities” in mSphere.
