Faculty Scholars News Archive
Congratulations, Dr. Holly Cyphert! Dr. Cyphert has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Honors Faculty Fellow – Recognition of Excellence distinction, awarded by the Honors College in celebration of extraordinary teaching and mentorship in an honors-designated course. She is being recognized for her outstanding work in BSC120H where she has continuously encouraged and
Dr. Tom Cuchta attended the American Mathematical Society Central Section conference in Lawrence, KS hosted at University of Kansas. He was an invited speaker in the special session “Theoretical, Applied and Numerical Aspects of Nonlinear PDEs” where he spoke about recent work he did involving partial dynamic equations on time scales. Partial dynamic equations are
The US Cyber Team has emerged as a formidable competitor in international cybersecurity competitions, with Marshall University’s own Dr. Josh Brunty providing leadership as Head Coach! The team’s impressive 2024 season included a silver medal finish in the European Cybersecurity Competition (ECSC) in Turin, Italy, and a strong 4th place showing in the International Cybersecurity
This week graduate student Catherine Schwartzmann and associate professor Kyle Palmquist represented Marshall University and attended the 2025 Society of Range Management Annual Meeting in Spokane, Washington. This is a large meeting that brings together scientists and managers working on the ground. We met with existing collaborators and several new collaborators who have shared data
Congratulations, Dr. Laura McCunn! Professor Laura McCunn of the Department of Chemistry has published a research article, “Characterization of the pyrolysis products of 2-pyrone via matrix-isolation FTIR,” with a team of Marshall students and recent graduates. The article appears in a special issue of the Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy that features work done by undergraduate
Congratulations Dr. Lauren Richards-Waugh and Dr. Rosalynn Quinones! One of their 2024 publications has been selected as a 2024 Noteworthy Article for the Journal of Forensic Science. Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 Noteworthy Articles An evaluation of the cannabinoid content of the liquid and thermal degradation analysis of cannabis-labeled vape liquids by Dr. Lauren Richards-Waugh,
Congratulations, Dr. Kim! The co-authored paper by the Kim Group (Eugene Kim and Yongick Kim), in collaboration with Wei Li (School of Medicine at Marshall University), titled “Thymidine Phosphorylase Mediates SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Enhanced Thrombosis in K18-hACE2TG Mice,” has been published in Thrombosis Research. The full paper is available on the Thrombosis Research website.
Congratulations to Dr. Rick Gage for the release of the book he contributed to recently. The release will be done in conjunction with the First Yale University Global Justice Program Symposium on Pro-Poor Mountain Tourism on December 5th. He will be presenting a brief summary of his chapter at the Symposium and anyone who is
Last Friday, two outstanding presentations from Marshall Cyber Forensics and Security program were given at the First Annual Putnam County Career and Technical Center’s Cybersecurity Conference. Current CFS student and Women In Cybersecurity – Marshall University Student Chapter Treasurer, Hope Fry gave an excellent presentation on “Networking: The Secret Ingredient to Career Success,” bringing fresh
Professor Laura McCunn has published an article in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A with six undergraduate coauthors from the Department of Chemistry and collaborators from the University of Richmond. The paper is a combined experimental and computational study of the thermal decomposition of 2-cyclopentenone. This molecule occurs during the high-temperature processing of plant matter