Cristina Alcalde, vice president for the Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence, has been selected as a new editorial board member for Insight into Diversity. 

Don Daiker, professor of English emeritus, is the author of “Hemingway’s Earliest Heroes Nick Adams and Jake Barnes,” published in March by Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. 

Slade Laszewski, a graduate student in Geography, was selected as an American Geophysical Union Voices for Science Fellow.

Chris Makaroff, dean of the College of Arts and Science, received $4 million  from the Ohio Department of Higher Education for a project entitled "Establishment of the Center for Civics, Culture and Society."

Matt Moore, associate professor and chair of Family Science and Social Work, received $1.5 million from the Ohio Department of Higher Education for the project titled "Creation of the Southern Ohio Behavioral Health Initiative. The remaining $87,609 of this award is designated for the evaluation portion of the project led by Sarah Woodruff. 

Allison Farrell, assistant professor of Psychology, received $648,655 from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Early Life Antecedents and Mechanisms Predicting Adult Daily Affective Reactivity to Stress." This award has a subcontract with the University of Minnesota.

Brian Schultz, associate dean for external relations and partnerships, and Amity Noltemeyer, interim dean, of the College of Education, Health, and Society, received $300,000 from the Harold C. Schott Foundation for the project entitled "TEACh Cincinnati: Cincinnati-Based Support."

Chi-Hao Cheng, professor and chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Colleen Bush, director of industry relations for the College of Engineering and Computing, received $39,099 from the Ohio Department of Higher Education for a project entitled "Equipment for Ohio Broadband and 5G Regional Node."

Robert Applebaum, director of the Ohio Long-Term Care Research Project in Scripps Gerontology Center and senior research scholar, and Ian “Matt” Nelson, research scholar at Scripps Gerontology Center, received $41,250 from Ohio State University, pass-through funds from the Ohio Department of Medicaid, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and the American Rescue Plan Act, for a project entitled "Survey of Home Care Agencies in Ohio."

Katy Abbott, executive director of Scripps Gerontology Center, received $88,000 from the Donaghue Foundation for a project entitled "Developing and Disseminating Strategies for Nursing Homes to Fully Implement the PELI."

Daryl Baldwin, executive director of the Myaamia Center, received $15,000 from Mathematica, pass-through funds from the Department of Health and Human Services, for a project entitled "Nationwide Survey of Native Language Status."

Jordan Fenton, associate professor of Art History, received $26,785 from the New Orleans Museum of Art, pass-through funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities, for the project entitled "New Masks Now: Artists Innovating Masquerade in Contemporary West Africa."

Andrew Sommers, professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, received $35,482 from the University of Otago, pass-through funds from the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment, for a project entitled "Next Generation Condensing Heat Exchanger Technology: Design, Development and Demonstration."

Jeong-Hoi Koo, professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, received $22,524 from the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine for a project entitled "Fabrication and Experimental Analysis of Synthetic Skin Models Mimicking the Mechanical Properties of Human Skin." 

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