Art Gelis (Radiochemistry) and collaborators from University of Illinois, Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory recently published an article titled, "X-ray Induced Cycling of Rare-Earth Elements between Bulk and Interfacial Liquid," in the journal ACS Applied Material & Interfaces. The research performed at UNLV was supported by the Nuclear…

Chad Cross and Brian Labus (both Epidemiology and Biostatistics) were interviewed for an article on "Two deaths linked to spreading 'sloth virus'" published on MDLinx. Cases of Oropouche virus, also known as 'sloth fever,' are on the rise. Discovered in 1955 in Trinidad and Tobago, the virus has made its way around the globe. In the article, Labus…

Serena Scalzi (Online Education) received the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Certification for Educators. It's the only vendor-neutral credential that demonstrates an educator's mastery of the ISTE Standards for Educators. The ISTE Standards are a foundation for improving technology education in classrooms around the…

Christine Draper (Online Education) received a faculty development seminar grant from CAORC-WARC (Council of American Overseas Research Centers/ West African Research Center). These seminars are designed for faculty and administrators at U.S. community colleges and Minority-Serving Institutions. The objective of the seminar is to help…

Sharon Jalene (Integrated Health Sciences), associate dean of academic and student affairs and director of the applied health sciences program, spoke with Annette Logan-Parker from Cure 4 The Kids Foundation about the new Applied Health Sciences program and how it is educating health care professionals of the future.

Kenneth Izuora (Medicine), Amalie Alver (Medicine), Arpita Basu (Kinesiology), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Shelley Williams (Dental Medicine) and Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental Medicine) published “The Association of Dietary Micronutrient Intake and Systemic Inflammation among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study” in the journal…

Warren O. Forbes (Ph.D. 2023, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences - CSU San Bernardino) and Janet S. Dufek (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently published a paper titled, "The Influence of Induced Head Acceleration on Lower-Extremity Biomechanics during a Cutting Task," in the Biomedical Section of the journal Sensors. This paper examined…

David R. Gruber (Communication Studies) published "A Forum on Neurorhetorics: Conscious of the Past, Mindful of the Future" as lead author in the journal Rhetoric Society Quarterly. The forum brings together multiple scholars to evaluate the past twelve years of research at the intersection of neuroscience and rhetorical studies, suggesting…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on Informed Informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post starts with an embarrassing incident during his tenure as a casino security officer and concludes, he hopes, with some thoughts that might be of relevance to others. For…