Kelsey Matthews (Public Health) was appointed to the Mary Christie Institute's (MCI) inaugural National Youth Council on College Mental Health. The council consists of college students and recent graduates who have demonstrated dedication to mental health advocacy and helping improve institutional support for student and mental health.…

Wendy Chen (English) was invited to speak on a panel at the Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College. She spoke on interdisciplinary collaboration within the arts and her experience collaborating with visual artist Michele Stutts. Her work with Stutts is currently on view as part of an exhibit titled, "Tapestry of Voices: The Poetic…

Sophie Ahmad, Rafae Nauman, Kavita Batra, Ashok Gupta, and Kenneth Izuora (all Medicine) published an abstract of their study, "Relationship between bone loss and oral health among post-menopausal women with or without diabetes," in the Journal of Endocrine Society. 

Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with researchers from Italy co-published a study titled, "Conspiracy theories and COVID-19: Coping mechanism or cognitive dissonance? A longitudinal study," in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. The primary aim of the study was to evaluate whether the belief in conspiracy theories was significantly…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the official blog of UNLV's Ombuds Office. The post discusses the release of the office's 2023 Third Quarterly Report.  For more information about the Ombuds Office, please visit its website.

Margarita Jara (World Languages and Cultures) presented “Exploring Present Perfect Grammaticalization in Peruvian Amazonian Spanish” at the Linguistic Association of the Southwest annual meeting at the University of Colorado Denver. This study analyzes verb forms in sociolinguistic interviews and explores language variation in an Amazonian Spanish…

Juanita K. Hinojosa (Service Learning and Leadership, doctoral student in Higher Education) recently co-published an article, "(In)visibility to Advocacy: The Insider–Outsider Experiences of AfroLatinX Higher Education Professionals," in the Journal of Higher Education. This article explores the educational and professional experiences of…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) was a speaker for the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Speaker Series at California Lutheran University. She gave a talk on feminist philosophy and the ethics of borders. 

Jay Shen (Center for Health Disparities Research; Healthcare Administration and Policy) is currently leading an interdisciplinary team to conduct the COVID-19 Health Disparity Assessment and Healthcare Equity Modeling project, funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention through the Southern Nevada Health District, with a total…