Hello colleagues, 

While we’re not quite in crisp territory yet, the early mornings this week have been satisfyingly cool. After a few false starts, it feels like fall is actually here, so break out your favorite office cardigan or a beloved mug to make the switch to hot coffee and tea – it’s cozy season. That cup of coffee actually connects to some of the research found in some of your colleagues’ recent achievements.

• Highlighting collaborative faculty/student scholarship, Food Chemistry recently published “Identification of alkaline-induced thiolyl-chlorogenic acid conjugates with cysteine and glutathione," which was co-authored by Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (CBC) Professor Chrisi Hughey in partnership with CBC alums Amanda Cicali and Drew Roberts.

• If you’re interested in photography and the relationship between audience and artist, be sure to listen to School of Art, Design and Art History Professor Rebecca Silberman’s segment “Miniatures and Illusions” on With Good Reason. The segment, part of a larger episode interrogating human perception of images and reality, distills Silberman’s ongoing work as a photographer, researcher and instructor.

• Associate Professor of Middle, Secondary, and Mathematics Education Sarah Lupo recently co-authored “A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Third and Sixth Graders’ Academic Sentence Knowledge” in the Journal of World Languages. The study investigated how native English-speaking third and sixth grade students formulated cohesive ties in academic sentences.

• National Defense Magazine recently interviewed Department of Political Science Professor and Director Emeritus of the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery(CISR) Ken Rutherford. He discussed what measures are needed for successful mitigation of explosive remnants of war (ERW) in areas of conflict, with a focus on the United States’ responsibilities in research, technology development and funding support.

• Professor of Geography Amy Goodall recently welcomed Harrisonburg Public Works to ISAT 675, Biodiversity Conservation I, connecting graduate students with local pollinator conservation efforts and giving them the chance to catalog campus species into the iNaturalist app as part of the Parks for Pollinators 2023: Harrisonburg VA Click that link to see their observations or to add your own.

I love hearing from you, so please keep those accomplishments, comments and inquiries coming! You can email provost@jmu.edu or submit a question anonymously through the Ask the Provost option online.

Sincerely,
Heather