Tiffany Bisbey (Organizational Science and Communications) received a $39,038 grant from the U.S. Army for her research project “A Novel Extension of Team Composition Theory: The Role of Implicit Teammate Theories.”
Adam Dean (Political Science) testified before the U.S. Congress’ Committee on Education and Workforce about health, employment, labor and pensions.
Cynthia Dowd (Chemistry) received a $586,160 award from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for work on targeted microbiome-sparing drugs for lower respiratory tract infections.
Oleg Kargaltsev (Physics) was awarded a $92,845 grant from the NASA Goddard Space Center to explore the high-energy properties of the Lighthouse Nebula.
Aman Luthra (Geography) and Luther Rice Fellow Annabelle Derby, BS ’25, (Economics) published the paper “Privatization and market concentration in the US landfill industry 2001–2024: discerning trends using public data” in the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.
Efrat Nechushtai (SMPA) authored the book Does Trust Matter? Why Journalists Need to Rethink the Relationship with Their Audience (Columbia University Press, 2026).
Guillermo Orti (Biology) co-authored “The convergent evolution of the pelvic suction cup: A unique key innovation in spiny-finned fishes” in Science Advances.
Jason Osder (SMPA) and William Youmans (SMPA) screened their film Who Killed Alex Odeh? at the Toronto Palestine Film Festival and the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt.
Chester Sherwood (Anthropology) was awarded a $202,012 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a project on cataloging human and non-human primate brain for cell atlases.
Gregory Wallace (Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences) received a $560,493 NIH award for his project titled “From Data to Action: Capturing Meaningful Adult Outcomes in Autism Through Harmonized Data.”
Alona Wartofsky, BA ’98, (SMPA) co-authored the book Crankin! Power and Resilience in Washington, DC’s Go-Go Culture (Georgetown University Press, 2026).
Katherine Marshall Woods (Professional Psychology) moderated the panel “Designing the Next Architecture of Mental Health: Global South Innovation Leadership” at the United Nations Science Summit’s inaugural event in Nairobi, Kenya.
Michael Worth (TSPPPA) co-authored Advancing Higher Education New Strategies for Fundraising, Philanthropy, and Engagement (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2026).