College of Science & Health (CSH)

• If you have an idea for an article to be included in the next edition of the  Science and Health News,  please contact Assistant Dean Whitney George. 
• The deadline for Faculty Research Grants is October 23, 2024. Please visit their webpage for more information

• UWL Social Justice Week, 10am-5:30pm, April 2-4pm in Student Union
• UWL & US Geological Survey Joint Seminar Series: 4pm-6pm, March 21, 2024 in Centennial 1300.
• UWL vice chancellor for Diversity & Inclusion open forum, Wednesday, March 20, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in Student Union 3314. For those unable to attend in person, the livestream link can be found on UWL’s VC for D&I search website.
• Prairie Springs Distinguished Lecture Series presents Robin Wall Kimmerer, March 21, 7pm. A live-stream of the keynote address is available.

Congratulations to our colleagues:

• Basudeb Bhattacharyya and John May, both Chemistry & Biochemistry, received an Academic Research Enhancement Award from the National Institutes of Health. This research grant, titled "Structure and Function of DcrB, an Enterobacterial Copper Resistance Protein," provides $401,680 over three years to study the structure and function of a copper resistance protein from Salmonella bacteria.
• Tushar Das, Mathematics & Statistics, authored the article "A variational principle in the parametric geometry of numbers "in Advances in Mathematics Volume 437, February 2024, no. 109435 published on Monday, Feb. 19 by Elsevier. Tushar presented "On the mensuration of conformal fractals" at Conference on Functional Analysis and Fractals (CFAF 2024) IIIT Allahabad in India on Feb. 16 online. Tushar presented "Thermodynamic expansions for the Hausdorff dimension of continued fraction Cantor sets via transfer operator perturbation" at the Online Seminar in Diophantine Approximation and Related Topics.
• Canine Companions Facility Dog Rossi, UWL Health Science Interprofessional Research Center and Tara Delong, Recreation Management & Recreational Therapy, presented "Meet Dr. Wags" at What's New Wednesdays on Feb. 28 online. 
• Jon Evans, Katherine Evans, and Daniel Plunkett, all Recreation Management & Recreational Therapy, presented "WPRA Recreation Management Pre-Conference Panel Discussion" at Wisconsin Park & Recreation Association Annual Meeting on Jan. 30 in La Crosse, WI. 
• Laurie Harmon, Recreation Management & Recreational Therapy; co-presented "Outreach & Recruitment: In it for the long game" at the National Academic Leadership Retreat on Feb. 27 in Palm Springs, California. Laurie presented "WPRA Recreation Management Pre-Conference Panel Discussion" at Wisconsin Park & Recreation Association Annual Meeting on Jan. 30 in La Crosse, WI.
• Susan Kelly, Mathematics & Statistics, authored the article "Charles Warner Cansler" in xford African American Studies Center and was accepted for publication by Oxford University Press. 
• Tisha King-Heiden, Biology, was named co-leader of the PFAS Collaborator Group for the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin (FCW) on Feb. 1. Tisha presented "Cultural Humility: Fostering Deeper Community Relationships" at Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center on Feb. 6 in La Crosse, WI. This workshop was co-led with Amanda Goodenough (Goodenough Consulting, LLC) for the UMESC/USGS Diversity Equity Inclusion and Accessibility workshop series. Tisha presented "Sublethal effects of chronic exposure to neonicotinoid pesticides in aquatic organisms" at the Groundwater Coordinating Council (GCC) meeting on Friday, Feb. 16 online.
• Namyun Kil, Recreation Management & Recreational Therapy, co-authored the article "Influence of leisure experiences on smartphone addiction and emotional distress" in World Leisure Journal, published on Feb. 25 by Taylor & Francis.
• Barrett Klein, Biology, co-authored the article "Insects and art (as 1 of 7 articles in a series)" in SEISMA Magazine published on Jan. 25 by SEISMA Magazine. 
• Brian Kumm-Schaley, Recreation Management & Recreational Therapy, received the Excellence in Teaching Award at The Academy of Leisure Sciences annual conference on Feb. 1 in New Orleans, LA, where he also co-presented "Leisure Studies: A Shameful Master Narrative?". Brian presented "WPRA Recreation Management Pre-Conference Panel Discussion" at Wisconsin Park & Recreation Association Annual Meeting on Jan. 30 in La Crosse, WI. 
• Markus Mika, Biology, co-authored the article "Flammulated owl distribution and habitat associations during the breeding season in the western United States" in Forest Ecology and Management and was accepted for publication by Elsevier. 
• Shane Murphy, Physical Therapy, presented "Youth Athlete Health Promotion: Wearable Technologies and Evidence-Based Insights from Sports Medicine " at 29th Annual Adolescent Health Symposium on Feb. 16 online.
• Sujet Sen, Chemistry & Biochemistry, was awarded a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program for his proposal entitled "Fundamentals and Applications of Electrochemically Active Nanofluids for Energy Storage and Conversion". This a very prestigious grant that will benefit many UWL students and the general scientific community in many ways

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