Jim Borgardt, William W. Woolford Professor of Physics and Chair, attended the ITWG Nuclear Forensics Conference in Bologna, Italy, in June, where he led a workshop on capacity-building through nuclear forensics exercises. He also delivered an invited workshop on “Nuclear Diplomacy” for the Hiroshima and Peace Program in Hiroshima, Japan, in August. Students Aaditya Kommi ’26 and Daniel McCauley ’26 also participated in the weeklong course, made possible through a newly signed MOU between Hiroshima City University, Juniata College, and the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies.

John Bukowski, professor of mathematics, was one of about 20 conductors to take part in the 2025 Choral Conducting Workshop at the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music in July. He was selected to participate in the Conducting Festival master class at the end of the week. He also received a 2025 Meritorious Service Award from the Mathematical Association of America for his more than twenty years of outstanding service to the MAA at the national and sectional levels.

Jennifer DellAntonio, director of nursing, authored a manuscript, “Five Step Feedback Framework,” which has been accepted for publication. The framework offers a structured, compassionate approach to faculty-student feedback designed to promote psychological safety, professional growth, and academic success-principles closely aligned with our mission at Juniata.

Zia Haque, director of the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, published “The Dark Side of Information and Communication Technologies: Analyzing Encumbrances as well as Affordances. Development in Practice” with Joseph Bock and K. McMahon. He also published a review of the book “The Cultural Dimensions of Peacebuilding in Peace and Change.”

Georgios Stylianides, associate professor of exercise science and director of exercise science & kinesiology, published the translation of the academic textbook, KinAnatomy (3^rd ed.).