University Neighborhood Partners and the Office of the President recently recognized Dr. Adrienne Cachelin as UNP’s 2024-2026 Community Scholar in Residence. This award is designed to showcase community-engaged scholarship and recognizes a particular faculty member’s contribution to this work.
Utah Business and Living Color Utah recently honored Dr. Edmund Fong at their sixth annual Living Color gala. Dr. Fong was actively engaged in during his six-year term as chair of the ethnic studies division in the School for Cultural and Social Transformation.
Political Science professor Claudio Holzner was featured in a recent article discussing the political crisis in Venezuela and its impact on migration to the U.S. and Utah. Holzner explained that Utah is an increasingly attractive destination for Venezuelan migrants due to its strong economy and family connections, though local organizations are struggling to support the growing population.
The College of Social and Behavioral Science (CSBS) is proud to announce that Iragi Nshangalume, an undergraduate majoring in political science and economics, with a minor in philosophy, has been awarded the esteemed Voyager Scholarship from the Obama Foundation for the 2024-2026 cohort.
In a new study, researchers from the School of Environment, Society and Sustainability introduced Simulating Travel Rates in Diverse Environments (STRIDE), the first model that incorporates ground roughness and vegetation density, in addition to slope steepness, to predict walking travel times with unprecedented accuracy.
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