A new episode of Vital Views has been published, featuring Imelda Reyes and Jennifer Vanderlaan (both Nursing). They explain the importance of Nevada Assembly Bill 108 (AB 108) and explore the benefits to both nurses and residents of the state.

Karl Kingsley, Hyungbin Lee, Allen Bae, and John Kim (all Dental Medicine) recently published their study, "Differential Effects of Extracellular Matrix Glycoproteins Fibronectin and Laminin-5 on Dental Pulp Stem Cell Phenotypes and Responsiveness," in the Journal of Functional Biomaterials.

Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was recognized by Friends of Nevada Wilderness for his community service.

On Feb. 27, Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared on the radio program "Press Play with Madeleine Brand," on KCRW, the NPR station in Los Angeles. He discussed the long history of canine terror used against marginalized people, and provided comment on a new California…

A large body of literature has focused on strategic leaders’ (i.e., CEOs’, TMT members’, and board directors’) influence on corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, inconsistent findings have been reported, impeding the theoretical and practical implications of this line of inquiry. Drawing from the strategic leadership and corporate…

Nicole DeVille (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-authored an article titled, "Cancer Disparities among Pacific Islanders: A Review of Sociocultural Determinants of Health in the Micronesian Region," in the journal Cancers.  Micronesia is an ethnogeographic region within the continent of Oceania that represents an underserved area of the…

Stephen Benning (Psychology) was elected treasurer of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy (SSSP). SSSP is the international society devoted to research on the personality disorder of psychopathy, which represents a tremendous financial and interpersonal cost to the world at large. He remains the society's historian and was its…

Tara Nerida (Social and Behavioral Health), Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), Brain Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning) published an article titled, “COVID-19 vaccine acceptance behavior among Hispanics/Latinxs in…

On Feb. 24, 2023, Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared on Channel 8 News discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Las Vegas, highlighting the accomplishments of James B. McMillan who led the protests during the 1950s and '60s.