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Volha Chykina, assistant professor of leadership studies, co-published "An Empirical Concern of the First Amendment: An Essay on the Benefits of Academic Freedom" in The Journal of College and University Law.
Colleen Carpenter-Swanson, assistant professor in biology, was named to the Serve Virginia Honor Roll in recognition of service in Virginia and the University of Richmond.
Angela Leeper, teaching faculty of education, was selected by the United States Board on Books for Young People to serve on its 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Committee, which oversees nominations for the world’s largest prize for children’s and young people’s literature.
Rick Mayes, professor of health policy, presented “Social and Environmental Drivers of Health” for Shenandoah University’s Physician Assistant Program.
Rick Mayes, professor of health policy, presented “Medicare Advantage’s Role in Accelerating the Expansion of ‘Big Med’” at the Interdisciplinary Association of Population Health Sciences (IAPHS) 2024 Annual Meeting.
Laura Fernandez, Assistant Professor of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, presented "Las Raras: The New Gothic Latina Trope in US Popular Media," at Colby College's Center for the Arts & Humanities Play! Seminar.
Rick Mayes, professor of health policy, presented “5 Key Facts about U.S. Healthcare and Their Ethical Implications” for the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.
Kathryn Jacobsen, William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair and professor of health studies published “The burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors by state in the USA, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021,” as part of the Global Burden of Disease Collaborators in The Lancet.
Miriam McCormick, professor of philosophy, presented "Wondering with Impunity: Why it is (almost) Never Wrong to Wonder," at Zhejiang University.
Kathryn Jacobsen, William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair and professor of health studies published “Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990–2021, and forecasts to 2050, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021” as part of the Global Burden of Disease Collaborators in The Lancet HIV.
Law professor Carl Tobias is quoted.
Law professor Carl Tobias is quoted.
Law professor Jonathan K. Stubbs and leadership studies professor and historian Julian Maxwell Hayter are quoted.
Law professor Carl Tobias is quoted.
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