Volume 48 | August 26, 2025 |
A new paper shows that although AI does not currently have practical judgment, it has a functionally equivalent mechanism — transformer models — which can allow it to form maxims that consider morally salient facts. Read the full story.
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Andrew Denning (Museum Studies) is the PI for Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council, Natural and Cultural Heritage Grant, “Unlocking Haskell Cultural Center and Museum’s Historic Collection."
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S. Mohsen Fatemi (School of Public Affairs & Administration) was awarded a 2025 APPAM Equity and Inclusion Student Fellowship by the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management.
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Marike Janzen (Slavic, German, and Eurasian Studies) was a recipient of the College CARES (Career Advancement/ Research Enhancement Semester) award, Fall 2025.
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Zachary Mohr (School of Public Affairs & Administration) received the Scholarly Engagement Award from the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM) for his testimony to Congress, work with the Dole and Kennedy Institutes' election funding initiative, and publication of his book on election funding. He will receive the award at the ABFM Conference in Atlanta.
- Peter Touyz (Classics) was awarded a fellowship at the Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University, in Washington D.C.
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Glenn Adams, Trevor Lies, Syed Omar (Psychology), (2025). Conserving Nature, Resisting Change: Political Conservatism and Evasion of Anti-Systemic Environmentalisms. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 102724. Media link
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Folashade Agusto (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology), (2025). Optimal control strategies to curtail cacao swollen-shoot virus infection and maximize net economic benefit. Ecological Modelling 510, 111284. Media link
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Yoonjung Ahn (Geography & Atmospheric Science), (2025). Exposure to Multiple Climate Risks in Medically Underserved Areas Across the United States. Korea Management Risk Society 36 (2), 31-59.
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Kristy Allen (Applied Behavioral Science), (2025). Predicting anxiety symptoms through gaze-directed attention: A mobile eye-tracking study of adolescents during a real-world speech task. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 103058. Media link
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Nazli Avdan (Political Science), (2025). Magical Practices and Indiscriminate Violence in Armed Conflicts. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 1-24. Media link
- Rafe Brown (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
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Molecular and morphological characterization of Rhabdias luzonensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Sanguirana luzonensis (Boulenger, 1896) (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Luzon Island, Philippines. Parasitology International, 103080, 2025. Media link
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Recent Range Expansion and Genomic Admixture in a Kleptoparasitic Spider, Argyrodes lanyuensis: A Case of Adaptive Introgression on Small, Isolated Islands of the Taiwan–Philippine Transition Zone? Molecular Ecology, 34:1–17, 2024. Media link
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Rosana Ferreira, Viet Le, Breanna Wuerzberger, Olivia Bauer, Megan Carver, Tiffany Chan, Annabeth Henson, Grace Hubbard, Tamar Kopadze, Claire Patterson, Sabrina McGraw, Aidan O'Hara, Eryk Yarkosky (Molecular Biology), Eileen M. Hotze (Undergraduate Biology), (2025). Metabolites derived from bacterial isolates of the human skin microbiome inhibit Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation. Microbiology Spectrum, e01306-25. Media link
- Paula Fite, Jeevan Bains, Selena Baca (Applied Behavioral Science), (2025). Are symptoms of depression and anxiety associated with specific charges among detained youth? Children and Youth Services Review 177, 108457. Media link
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Kelsie Forbush (Psychology), (2025). Age-related trends in eating pathology symptoms among transgender and gender-diverse adults. Eat Weight Disord 30, 62. Media link
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Bryan Foster (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology), (2025). Critical habitat thresholds for effective pollinator conservation in agricultural landscapes. Science 2025. Media link
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Donald Haider-Markel (Political Science), (2024). Political psychology and the study of LGBTQI+ groups, politics, and policy: Existing research and future directions. Political Psychology 46, 213-249. Media link
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Jeffrey Hall (Communication Studies), (2025). More than an Acquaintance less than a Friend: Fringeships in Everyday Life. Review of General Psychology, 10892680251357549. Media link
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Misty Heggerness (School of Public Affairs & Administration), (2025). Economics of Taylor Swift and the NFL: Content for instructors. The Journal of Economic Education, 1-2. Media link
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Joshua Homan (Anthropology), (2025). Decision-making preferences for intuition, deliberation, friends or crowds in independent and interdependent societies. Proc. R. Soc. B.29220251355. Media link
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Timothy Jackson, Zahra Aghaei, Adedamola Opalade, Victor Day (Chemistry), (2025). Oxygen Reduction by Amide-Ligated Cobalt Complexes: Effect of Hydrogen Bond Acceptor. Molecules 30 (15), 3274. Media link
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Kirsten Jensen (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology), (2025).Sisters Parasitizing Sisters: On the Onchobothriidean Tapeworms of Hammerhead and Requiem Sharks. The Journal of Parasitology 111 (4), 532-570. Media link
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Zachary Mohr (School of Public Affairs & Administration), (2025). Examining Partisan Preferences for Election Directors’ Salaries in North Carolina from 2006 to 2021. Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy. Media link
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Anna Neill (English), (2025) Chapter, 'The Lifted Veil,' 'Brother Jacob,' and Short Form, in The Oxford Handbook of George Eliot, edited by Juliette Atkinson & Elisha Cohn. Oxford University Press. Media link
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Bozenna Pasik-Duncan (Mathematics), (2025). Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of WiC [Member Activities], IEEE Control Systems 45 (4), 13-19. Media link
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Cameron Piercy (Communication Studies), (2025). Who’s the Fairest of Them All: An Experiment Testing How Source, Outcome, and Process Description Affect Perceived Fairness in Hiring Decisions. Media Psychology, 1-25. Media link
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Anton Shirkov (Political Science), (2025). Quantifying Narrative Similarity Across Languages. Sociological Methods & Research, 54 (3). Media link
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David Slusky (Economics), (2025). The state of insurance coverage of calcitonin gene-related peptide–targeted medications and its impact on the implementation of the American Headache Society's 2024 consensus statement: An interrupted time-series analysis. Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain. Media link
- Deborah Smith, Victor Gonzalez, Natalie Herbison, Andres Hererra (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology), (2025). Thermal Tolerance in the Cellophane Bee Colletes inaequalis Reflects Early Spring Adaptation and Is Independent of Body Size and Sex. Ecology and Evolution 15 (8), e71983. Media link
- Margaret Wagner (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology), (2025). How thoughtful experimental design can empower biologists in the omics era. Nature Communications 16 (1), 7263. Media link
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Barney Warf (Geography & Atmospheric Science), (2025). Edited the volume, The Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Springer Nature. Media link
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Rami Zeedan (Jewish Studies), Asaf Day (Political Science), (2025). Populism in Israel: Netanyahu and the strategic approach. Mediterranean Politics, 1-36. Media link
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Sam Zipper, Wayne Ndlovu (Geology), (2025). Assessing the effectiveness of irrigator-driven groundwater conservation programs to drought: A case study of the northwestern Kansas Local Enhanced Management Areas. Agricultural Water Management, 318 (1). Media link
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Marike Janzen (Slavic, German, and Eurasian Studies), the Leibniz ScienceCampus Visiting Professor, Summer 2025, University of Regensburg, gave a talk at the Anna Seghers Society Annual Meeting in Mainz, Germany, "The Contemporary Relevance of Anna Seghers, a U.S. Perspective," June, 2025; and a talk at the International Summer School Graz, Seggau/ Leibnitz, Austria titled "Exile as Trope and Experience in Germany's Cultural Sphere," July 2025.
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College Research Product Awards
These awards seek to recognize College faculty members for creating an outstanding research product that makes significant contributions to the scholar’s discipline. Depending on the discipline, the product can be a book, a book chapter, a journal article (or a set of journal articles on a theme), a presentation, a public resource, a piece of art, an exhibit, a play, etc. The award amount is $1,000, which can be paid as summer salary (taxable) or used to support research-related activities and travel. Click here for more details.
Nominations for the Fall awards are due September 1 and should be submitted on the Qualtrics site. Questions can be addressed to Rachel Decorie.
Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship 2026-2027
Harvard Radcliffe Institute is now accepting Fellowship Program applications for the 2026-2027 academic year. Applications in humanities, social sciences, and creative arts are due by September 11, 2025, and applications in science, engineering, and mathematics are due by September 30, 2025. More information, along with the link to our application form, can be found on their website.
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