Jackson Ver Steeg, Management, co-authored the article "Fostering peer inclusiveness in pre-adolescents: how empathy-themed multicultural elementary education promotes empathy and multicultural literacy" in Intercultural Education published on April 1 by Taylor & Francis. Other authors: L.-Y. Li, P. P. Shein

Tesia Marshik, Psychology, presented "'Be Here': The Role of Social Media and Cell Phones have in Parenting and Child Development" at the 29th Annual La Crosse Child Maltreatment Conference on May 12 in Onalaska, WI. The session examined research on how social media and smartphones relate to child development, mental health, and family dynamics, highlighting risks, benefits, and practical strategies for fostering healthier technology use, self-regulation, and stronger in-person connections.

Daniel Bretl and Paul Schweiger, both Microbiology, received a Spark Grant from WiSys. Their grant will investigate the use of oxygen-binding proteins from the soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus to improve growth and bioproduction of the obligate aerobic bacterium Gluconobacter oxydans.

Erica G. Srinivasan, Psychology and director of the Center for Grief and Death Education, partnered with the community organization Death is Weird to host a spring series of community events aimed at building awareness and encouraging conversations about loss, death and grief. The series included a Death and Literature event and two Death Cafes, with the final event held on May 8.

Erica G. Srinivasan, Psychology and director of the Center for Grief and Death Education, presented "Meaning, Loss, and What Matters: Exploring End-of-Life Values and Beliefs" to the Oregon Gerontological Association on Wednesday, May 27 online.  

Heather Walder, Archaeology & Anthropology, and Alicia L. Hawkins, University of Toronto - Missisauga, co-authored the article "Beads Connect People: Applying Glass Chemistry to Investigate Relationships among Seventeenth-Century Wendat Communities" in "American Antiquity," published on Thursday, May 28 by Cambridge University Press. The article applies archaeological chemistry to establish how European technological styles of production serve as tracers for the exchange of glass beads within Wendat interaction networks and social connections in seventeenth century Ontario.

Justin Schmitz, theater design alumnus, received the award for outstanding sound design at the Helen Hayes Awards on May 18 in Washington, D.C. The Helen Hayes Awards are the Washington D.C. equivalent of the Tony Awards in New York City. Widely recognized for outstanding work in sound design, Schmitz was the 2022 recipient of UWL's Rada Distinguished Alumni Award.