April 2024

Researcher Casey Wichman found that parks with high social media exposure saw a 16% to 22% increase in visitors compared to locations that received less attention on social media. The growth began in 2013 when Instagram and Twitter, now X, started to gain popularity. 

While digging into the history of overhead wires, Ph.D. student Gloria Calhoun (History and Sociology) was struck by narratives surrounding emerging telegraph and telephone infrastructures — and how much they resemble today's competing narratives around artificial intelligence.  

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"Looking Back: The Changing Landscape of Abortion Care in Louisiana," an article by Mayra Pineda-Torres, was published in the American Journal of Public Health.

"TRAP’d Teens: Impacts of Abortion Provider Regulations on Fertility & Education," a journal article by Mayra Pineda-Torres, was published in the Journal of Public Economics.

"Social Media Influences National Park Visitation," a journal article by Casey Wichman, was published in PNAS.

"A Short History of Seed Keeping," a chapter by Helen Anne Curry, was included in The Oxford Handbook of Agricultural History, published by Oxford University Press.

"Missing the Mark: A Response to Bray and Hahn," a journal article by Eric Schatzberg, was published in History and Technology.

"Ten Statements on Technics," a chapter by André Brock, was included in Technics: Media in the Digital Age (PDF).

"Asignifying Animacies in the Home," a journal article by Matthew Halm, was published in TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies.

"Theorizing Knowledgescape as a Transnational Mediating Force: Artificial Intelligence and Global Flows," a journal article by Yeqing Kong, was published in Global Media and Communication.

"Bilingual Texting in the Age of Emoji: Spanish–English Code-Switching in SMS," a journal article by Cecilia Montes-Alcalá, was published in Languages.

"The Dual Role of Code-Switching in Alejandro Morales’s Reto en el Paraíso," a journal article by Cecilia Montes-Alcalá, was published in the Forum for Modern Language Studies.

"Politique de la traduction, interculturalité, et interprétations plurielles de l’histoire contemporaine (Politics of Translation, Interculturality, and Plural Interpretations of Contemporary History)," a journal article by Christophe Ippolito, was published in Méditations Littéraires.

"Une solitude partagée: Flaubert et saint Antoine entre Correspondance et Tentation (A Shared Solitude: Flaubert and Saint Anthony Between Correspondence and Temptation)," a journal article by Christophe Ippolito, was published in Revue Flaubert.

"Linguistic Tone in Chinese Rap: An Interdisciplinary Approach," a journal article by Jin Liu, was published in the Journal of New Music Research.

"Strategic Interactions," a chapter by Jon Lindsay, was included in Responsible Use of AI in Military Systems, published by Chapman and Hall/CRC.

"Effective Practices in Flood Adaptation by Recognizing System, Organization, and Project Interdependencies," a journal article by Brian Woodall, was published in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

"Establishing an Agenda for Public Budgeting and Finance Research," a journal article by Brian Y. An, was published in the Public Finance Journal.

"Housing Policies and Energy Efficiency Spillovers in Low and Moderate Income Communities," a journal article by Omar Isaac Asensio, Olga Churkina, and Becky Rafter, was published in Nature Sustainability.

"A Multi-Scale Lifecycle and Technoeconomic Framework for Higher Education Fleet Electrification," a journal article by Joe Frank Bozeman, was published in Scientific Reports.

"Toward Residential Decarbonization: Analyzing Social-Psychological Drivers of Household Co-Adoption of Rooftop Solar, Electric Vehicles, and Efficient HVAC Systems in Georgia, U.S.," a journal article by Marilyn A. Brown, Snehal Kale, Oliver Chapman, and Min-Kyeong Cha, was published in Renewable Energy.

"Infant Safe Havens," a journal article by Lindsey Rose Bullinger, was published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.

"A Critical Assessment of Material Price Adjustment Clauses for Transportation Design-Build Projects," a journal article by Moe Kyaw Thu, Parker Hamilton, Jung Hyun Lee, and Gordon Kingsley, was published in the Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction.

"Why Modify or Terminate Contracts for Critical Supplies? Evaluating Federal Purchasing of PPE Following Covid-19," a journal article by Juan Rogers, was published in the International Public Management Journal.

PI: Lindsey Rose Bullinger (SPP)
Project: IPA with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Amount: $51,746
Sponsor: CDC

PI: Mayra Pineda-Torres (Economics)
Project: The Economics of Reproductive Healthcare
Amount: $60,000
Sponsor: Society for Family Planning

Sustainability Next Call for Seed Grant Proposals (Spring 2024) | Application Deadline: May 24

NEH Humanities Initiatives at Colleges and Universities | Application Deadline: May 7

Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) Challenge | Internal Preproposal Due: April 29;  Final Submission Due: May 17

NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program | Internal Letter of Intent Due: May 17; Final Submission Due: Sept. 6

NSF Confronting Hazards, Impacts and Risks for a Resilient Planet Program | Application Deadline: June 6

NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grants | Application Deadline: June 13

Luce/ACLS Collaborative Grant in China Studies | Application Deadline: June 13

Russell Sage Foundation Core Research Grants | Letters of Inquiry Due: July 24

NSF Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science | Application Deadline: Anytime

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