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—The Princeton Review (2024)Taylor Arnold, professor of data science and statistics, and Lauren Tilton, professor of digital humanities and director of UR’s Center for Liberal Arts and AI, received a grant to support their research to develop AI models that analyze film and television. The funding is part of a larger award from Schmidt Sciences and includes collaboration with colleagues at UC Berkeley and Bowdoin College.
Grant Rissler, assistant professor of organizational studies and chair of nonprofit studies, presented “Barriers to the Integration of Virginia’s Immigrants” as part of the January 16 Advocates for Intercultural RVA (AIRVA) meeting.
Donnie Lewis, aka Mad Skillz, adjunct instructor and former SPCS artist-in-residence, won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album for his project Words For Days Vol. 1 at the 2026 Grammy Awards. Mad Skillz has has co-taught a class with Erik Nielson, professor and chair of liberal arts.
Sharon G. Feldman, William Judson Gaines Chair in Modern Foreign Languages and professor of Spanish and Catalan Studies, translated Liberto, from the original Catalan Llibert, an award-winning play by Barcelona playwright Gemma Brió. The new work is premiering at Theater for the New City.
Ben Pettis, assistant professor of rhetoric and communication studies, published a book review of Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media in Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies.
Jorge A. Wong Medina, assistant professor of classical studies, presented “Homeric ὑπόδρα ἰδών” at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Classical Studies.
Courtney Blondino, assistant professor of health studies, published "A Community Conversation Process to Establish Resident and Service Provider Perspectives on Needs Related to Use and Treatment of Opioids and Substances" in Frontiers in Public Health.
Courtney Blondino, assistant professor of health studies, published "Describing psychosocial risk in the Mexican working population by sex, generation, and industry: a cross-sectional study" in Safety Science.
Associate Professor of Art, Jeremy Drummond’s latest film Monument was presented at the Dresdner Schmalfilmtage, and listed as an Official Selection at the Anticensura Film Festival, Fargo Film Festival, Ethnografilm Paris, and the Arquiteturas Film Festival. The film won the First Place Award and the Kathryn Stephens Virginia Filmmaker Award at the James River Film Society's 32nd Short Film Showcase at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, where it was an Official Selection. See the full list of screenings.
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Leadership studies professor David Wilkins, a member of the Lumbee Nation of North Carolina, is quoted.
Terry Dolson, senior associate director for community-engaged learning, is quoted.
Behavioral neuroscience professor Kelly Lambert authored this piece about raccoon intelligence, originally published in The Conversation.
Chemistry professor Julie Pollock is quoted.
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