Deborah Arteaga (World Languages and Cultures) presented a paper, "Teaching Communication Strategies in the Spanish for Medicine Classroom" at the 75th annual meeting of the South Central Modern Language Association in San Antonio earlier this month.

Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) presented during two forums at the annual meeting of the American Folklore Society in Buffalo, New York, “Envisioning the Digital Folklore Archive as Process and Collaboration” and “Folklore and Enlightenment in America: A Conversation with Bill Ivey.”

Christina Miskey (Libraries) presented "Finding Their Way: An Information Resource Guide for Refugees in Southern Nevada" at the Nevada Library Association 2018 annual conference. The presentation discussed a resource guide that was created in 2017 with co-authors Amanda Nida (College of Western Idaho) and Janelle Youngblood (Hillsboro Public…

Matthew Murray and Su Kim Chung (both Libraries) were part of a panel, "Social Media in Libraries," during the Nevada Library Association's 2018 annual meeting in Las Vegas. 

Cyrus Ford Zarganj (Libraries) presented “Ways to Increase Discoverability, Access, and Circulation of Equipment and Realia in Libraries” during the Nevada Library Association 2018 annual meeting in Las Vegas.

Giorgio Canarella and Stephen M. Miller (both Center for Business and Economic Research) had their paper "Firm Size, Corporate Debt, R&D Activity, and Agency Costs: Exploring Dynamic and Non-linear Effects" selected by the Association for University Business and Economic Research (AUBER) for the 2018 Polzin Prize as Best Paper at AUBER's…

Timothy P. Gocha (Anthropology), along with co-authors Alexander Robling (Indiana University) and Sam D. Stout (Ohio State University), recently published a book chapter, "Histomorphometry of Human Cortical Bone: Applications to Age Estimation."   The use of quantitative bone histology (histomorphometry) can be a useful tool for…

Kelsey Lupo (Libraries) presented the findings of her masters in library and information science cumulative review project, “Library Perceptions during Times of Terror: Students Affected by the October 1 Shooting and Their Impressions of Safety in the Academic Library Community” at the Nevada Library Association’s 2018 Conference. 

David Damore and Tiffiany Howard (both Political Science) recently attended the annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association in Orlando, Florida. Damore completed his term as association president, while Howard was named to the association Executive Council for a two-year term. Howard also was invited by the Southwestern Social…