Professor Ruben Garcia (Law) was appointed to the American Bar Association's Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline.
College of Sciences Advancing Success of Underrepresented Groups – Awards for Academic Year 2024-25  What is it? Overseen by the College of Sciences DEI Committee this program within the college recognizes that the career progression of underrepresented groups in the STEM fields faces a number of challenges at all levels. The program offers…
Hokwon Cho (Mathematical Sciences) published a single-authored research article (partially UNLV funded), "Goodness-of-fit tests for multinomial models with inverse sampling," online in the Francis Taylor Statistics journal, Sequential Analysis Vol. 43, Issue 3 (2024). DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1080/07474946.2024.2367974
Kathryn Houk (Libraries, Medicine) is the co-editor of a new book, Toward Inclusive Academic Librarian Hiring Practices, published by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The book provides evidence-based discussions on inclusive hiring practices in academic libraries that recenters people in the process and incorporates…
Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) and colleagues from University of Kentucky, ADA Forsyth Institute, and University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio co-authored “Realizing the clinical utility of saliva for monitoring oral diseases,” which published July 15 in the journal Periodontology 2000. The study aimed to provide an overview of the…
Juliana Byzyka (Transportation Research Center) was recently appointed to the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NHRP) Project 20-136 Panel. This project, titled "Use of Data from Sensors Integrated within Connected Vehicles in Maintenance Management and Pavement Management," focuses on identifying available sensing technologies…
Professor Leslie C. Griffin (Law) wrote a new article for Verdict discusses the history and current state of sexual abuse cases against the Catholic Church in New Jersey.   
Esmeralda Clark (Nursing) presented at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing at the annual Transform conference on "Experiences of Latinx BSN Students with EAL."
Hyunhwa Lee (Nursing) presented at the Sigma North American Region 1 Conference in June on "Dual-Task Exercise for Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries in Asian Americans with Preinjury Adversity." 

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