Whitney George, College of Science & Health and Ashley Edwards, Communication Studies, co-authored the chapter " Nurturing Intra-Institutional Collaboration: Tending the Academic Garden" in Transitioning to the Professoriate and was accepted for publication by Congella. Written by experienced faculty members and administrators, the book offers practical strategies, candid perspectives, and experience-based guidance for navigating academic life—from the faculty job search to teaching, scholarship, service, promotion, work-life integration, and long-term career development. The book is designed for aspiring and early-career faculty across disciplines.

James Longhurst, History, presented "The Boomer Sooner Park-O-Meter: The Legality of Automobility, Public Property and Parking Technology in Oklahoma City, 1934" at the Society for the History of Technology panel "The Technology of Automobility: Developing Systems of the Private Car in Early 20th Century America," on Oct. 23 online.

Ross Vander Vorste, Biology; Cheyana Bassham, former Biology Master's student; Molly Sobotka, Missouri Dept. of Conservation; and Kristin Bouska, USGS UMESC; co-authored the article "Patterns of taxonomic and functional diversity in macroinvertebrates among side channels of a large river system" in Freshwater Science published on Oct. 21 by The University of Chicago Press. Bassham was the lead author on this publication. She is a current doctoral student at Clemson University.

Marissa Eckrote-Nordland, Economics, presented "The Early Bird Gets a Lower Grade, Not a Different Degree" at Wisconsin Economic Association Annual Meeting on Oct. 24 in Eau Claire, WI.

Ryan Kitzan, Economics student, presented "Nothing New Under the Maple Leaf: Current US-Canada Trade Disputes in Context" at the Wisconsin Economic Association Annual Meeting on Oct. 24 in Eau Claire, WI.

Blake Goodreau, Finance student, presented "What Tigerton Can Teach Other Small Towns About a Data Center Deal" at the Wisconsin Economic Association Annual Meeting on Oct. 24 in Eau Claire, WI.

Marc Manke, Art, is exhibiting "The Rut" on Oct. 24- Nov. 21 at THIS Project Space in Winona MN.

Kate Hawkes, College of Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities, exhibited "The Cherry Blossoms You Missed" Sept. 21-Oct. 8 in the Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. 

Patrick Grabowski, Thomas Kernozek and Drew Rutherford, all Health Professions; Makenna Carpenter and Chloe Hendrickson, both Doctor of Physical Therapy; and Denise Grabowski and Angela Imhoff, both Mayo Clinic Health System; co-authored the article "Method Comparison of AI-Assisted and Manual Techniques for Measuring Bladder Base Displacement Using Transabdominal Ultrasound" in Journal of Women's & Pelvic Health Physical Therapy published on Oct. 21 by Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This project was funded by the Mayo Clinic & UWL Collaborative Seed Grant Program.

James Richie, Global Cultures & Languages, presented "Bilingual Reading of Poems by Leónidas Castillo" at American Literary Translators Association Conference on Oct. 22 in Portland, Oregon. James Richie presented his translations of poems by the Argentine author Leónidas Castillo at the Café Latino Bilingual Reading Series, an event in the American Literary Translators Association Conference.

Barrett Klein, Biology, co-authored the article "Behavioral evidence for two-stage sleep in spiders" in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. published on Monday, Oct. 26 by National Academy of Sciences. Spiders are now not only known to sleep, but to sleep in two states, including what appears to be a REM-like sleep state.

Kelly Peter, Murphy Library, presented "When Discovery Starts Thinking: Governing AI-Mediated Library Interfaces" at Internet Librarian Connect 2026 on Tuesday, Oct. 27 online. The presentation examined how AI-enabled discovery tools increasingly summarize, recommend, and interpret information rather than simply return search results. By providing a practical framework for evaluating these systems, the presentation emphasized the importance of preserving user agency as AI becomes more embedded in academic research platforms.

Melina Packer, Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, was a finalist for the 2026 Rachel Carson Book Prize from the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). Melina Packer's co-authored book, "Feminism in the Wild," (MIT Press 2025), was one of six finalists for this award.