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- Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science research professor Will Grundy co-authored the paper “Trans-Neptunian Binary Mutual Events in the 2020s and 2030s,” published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The paper predicts when objects in pairs far beyond Neptune, called trans‑Neptunian binaries, will pass in front of one another so astronomers can learn valuable information on each object’s size, shape and orbit.
- Pedro Gonzalez Corona, assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, was awarded the Human Rights Educators 2025 Edward O’Brien Award for outstanding individual contributions to human rights education. He was specifically recognized for his teaching approach, including the creation of faculty-led programs and photographic exhibits to educate on human rights topics. Gonzalez Corona researches human rights, genocide and state-sponsored violence in Latin America, and he is part of a cohort of scholars focusing on the Yaqui people’s history and trauma.
- Department of Anthropology professor Sharon Moses was selected to chair a cold case workshop at the annual American Academy of Forensic Science conference in New Orleans last month. She also recently submitted a crime scene analysis and profile of possible perpetrators for a United States Marshals Service regional fugitive task force concerning a case that is active and confidential.
- Nesma Nasr, a doctoral student within the College of Education, was ranked No. 1 in the best proposal with a graduate student as first author category by the AERA Instructional Technology Special Interest Group at its 2026 meeting. Nasr’s research was selected out of more than 15,000 submissions for this honor, which includes a student travel scholarship to help her present her work in Los Angeles this April.