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Ligia Verduga (Music) is a DMA student in the 51�Թ������ܿƴ� flute studio of John McMurtery. She has been invited to Sofia, Bulgaria, for the Moyse International Flute Competition on June 29, 2025, to present a lecture on her research topic "Ecuadorian Influences on the Flute Repertoire." Furthermore, the organizers of the competition have invited her to be…

Discussing the exploration of policy and cannabis at the center of the Cannabis Policy Institute's recent Cannabis Policy Institute Symposium, director Riana Durrett (Cannabis Policy Institute) spoke with the Weed Wonks podcast for a newly released episode. Episode 97 covers the impact of legal cannabis in Nevada, cannabis and the gaming industry…

Sarah Quigley (Special Collections & Archives) is co-author of a report, Creating Ethical Temporary Positions in Archives: Best Practices and Case Studies, published by the Council on Library and Information Resources. The report outlines challenges with contingent labor at cultural heritage organizations and offers guidelines…

Talha Soluoku (Neuroscience) and James M. Hyman (Psychology) recently published an article in Neuron titled, "Complexity demands more flexibility and the prefrontal cortex has an answer." This article provides context about a recent finding showing that in tasks with greater complexity, the medial prefrontal cortex helps to switch between…

Alexandra Nur (Criminal Justice) recently published an article in the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation that unpacks substantive differences between persons who voluntarily drop prison programs and those who are administratively discharged from prison programs. Results from this study are impactful for informing prison program retention…

Łukasz J. Sznajder (Biochemistry) participated in a large study led by the group at the Hospital for Sick Children in Canada. Their research focused on the hyper-unstable Chr9p21 locus associated with multiple diseases, including C9orf72-linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). They showed that GGGGCC tandem…

Brittani Sterling (Libraries), social sciences and interdisciplinary studies librarian and assistant professor, was featured in the Dec. 12 edition of the 51�Թ������App Weekly, in the article, "Multicultural campus: 51�Թ������ܿƴ� has potential to become a diversity destination," alongside Steven Nelson (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher…

Alexa Bejinariu (Criminal Justice) and Shawn Flanigan (School of Public Affairs, San Diego State University) recently published a paper titled, "NGO and Civil Society Support for Migrants from Ukraine in Romania: Observations from the Initial Months Following the 2022 Russian Invasion in the Journal of Media and Public Policy, Special Issue on…

Alexa Bejinariu (Criminal Justice) and Shawn Flanigan (School of Public Affairs, San Diego State University) gave a presentation at the 12th Annual Gershowitz Conference on Media and Governance in New York on Nov. 22, 2024, titled "Reflections on the Media Coverage of the U.S. Election and Future of Ukraine."