Ashton Marra, a teaching assistant professor in the Reed College of Media, will use the fellowship funding to award microgrants to journalists interested in investigating addiction in their communities.
Colleges
Kim Floyd, associate professor in special education, has been awarded the Teacher Education Division Social Justice Award in recognition of her significant contributions to special education and teacher education.
Students in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design worked with the Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education where they gained valuable insight into the conservation efforts to help threatened species and improve environmental conditions.
A $1,040,000 gift from Herb Dripps establishes a namesake fellowship that will be awarded to two non-tenured faculty members who excel at teaching, research and service at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.
Reed College of Media students explored the best of marketing, advertising and creativity from and alongside industry giants like AB InBev, Ogilvy, BBDO, Apple and Meta while attending the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in June.
Sociology professor Walter DeKeseredy received the prestigious American Society of Criminology's Ralph Weisheit Lifetime Achievement Award for his scholarship, teaching and service in the field of rural criminology.