Inaugural William Seale Professor of Business Silvio Borrero participated in the Colombian Institute of Education Evaluation (ICFES) board of directors meeting on March 15. Borrero has been a member of the ICFES board of directors since 2017, when he was appointed by Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos. ICFES is a government organization responsible for the evaluation of education in Colombia.

Andrew Cognard-Black, assistant professor of sociology, is the recipient of a grant from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) to support his research project titled "Honors and Beyond." The grant covers travel and other expenses associated with accessing restricted-use student data from the College and Beyond II Studies (CBII) housed at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.

Pam Mertz, professor of biochemistry, presented a talk, “The Gen Z Student: Who Do We Teach” in the session “Teaching Gen Z: Challenges and Opportunities” at the ASBMB Discover BMB meeting in Seattle, Washington on March 25.  In addition, on March 27, she helped facilitate a workshop on iCn3D, a web-based molecular modeling program from the National Center for Biotechnology Information.  The creator of the program, Jiyao Wang, helped lead the workshop as well as colleagues from BioMolViz.  Mertz was also a co-author on the presentation “Evaluating Biomolecular Visual Literacy

Assistant Professor of Neurobiology Daniel Tobiansky, PhD (Biology and Neuroscience), was recently accepted to take part in the UC San Diego's  Leading the Advancement of Underrepresented Neuroscientists for Change (LAUNCH) program.

Associate Professor of History Garrey Dennie is an invited panelist on March 24 for a special edition of “A Chat with the OAS,” a virtual, live event organized by the Organization of American States (OAS) as part of the VI Inter-American Week for People of African Descent in the Americas. Established in 2018, the Inter-American Week for People of African Descent in the Americas has as its mission to foster reflection on the socio-economic issues faced by people of African descent as well as to laud their contributions to the development of the Americas.

Students Nicholas Ashenfelter ‘23, Nicollete Iacona '23 and Caroline Taylor '23, alumni Mackenzie Brooks ‘22, Mason Drusano '22, Julia Kochman '23, Gabriel Richards '22, Drew Sonnenberg '22 and Jacinda Thomas '22, Associate Professor of Psychology Jennifer Tickle and Assistant Professor of Psychology Gili Freedman presented research at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in early-March 2023.

Summer Taylor '23 and Sydney McGurk '23, alumni Kayla Luhn '22 and India Oates ’21 and assistant professor of psychology Kristina Howansky presented research at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference in mid-February 2023.