Notable: Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj, Caleb Murphy, and Banreet Dhindsa
Dr. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj (Medicine) was interviewed on ways physicians should maintain their well-being in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic because of her role as the American College of Physician's Nevada Chapter Well-being Champion. Internal medicine residents Dr. Caleb Murphy, a current third-year resident, and Dr. Banreet Dhindsa, who…
Published: Colleen Hall-Patton
Colleen Hall-Patton (Sociology) was featured in the latest issue of Quiltfolk magazine which focuses on both influential and unknown people, organizations, and businesses in the quilt world. Each issue covers a different state, and this is the Nevada edition. The article covers her work as a researcher, quilter, and antique quilt…
Honors: Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt
Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (Psychology) has received the 2020 Jean Lau Chin Early Career Professional Award for Academic Scholarship for her work on microaggressions. This award comes from the American Psychological Association's Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women), Section 5: Psychology of Asian Pacific American Women.…
Published: Manoj Sharma
Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) published a book chapter with Ram Lakhan (Berea College) and Chizoba Anyimukwu (Jackson State University) titled, "Substance Abuse in Dual Diagnosis" in the Handbook of Dual Diagnosis. Assessment and Treatment in Persons with Intellectual Disorders, part of the Autism and Child Psychopathology…
Notable: Ian McDonough
Ian McDonough (Economics) has been awarded the S.J. Hall Faculty Fellowship. Awarded to tenured professors in the department of economics, the fellowship provides incentive for continuing research productivity and teaching performance. The fellowship is funded in the memory of Sherwood James Hall, a successful lumber entrepreneur who sought to…
Published: Stephen Caplan
Stephen Caplan (Music) has written an extremely informative article, recently published in The Double Reed, the quarterly journal of the International Double Reed Society. The article, "Six Metamorphoses After Covid," is about lessons learned during this pandemic. Highly recommended reading for all musicians (and non-musicians, too)!
Published: Erin Zimmerman
Erin Zimmerman (Writing Center) published an article, "Locating Visual Communication across Disciplines: How Visual Instruction in Composition Textbooks differs from that in Science-writing Textbooks" in Across the Disciplines. This study compares how a corpus of 60 science writing textbooks and composition textbooks address visual…
Published: Soumya Upadhyay
Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration) published two articles in the recent special issue of the Journal of Healthcare Finance that focuses on "Healthcare Finance and COVID-19." The first paper was "Hospital Capacity and Capacity Planning during COVID-19." The second paper was "Cash, Cash Conversion Cycle, and Inventory during COVID-19."
Published: Diana Eden
Diana Eden (Film) is the author of the book Stars in Their Underwear: My Unpredictable Journey from Broadway Dancer to Costume Designer for Some of Hollywood's Biggest Stars. It chronicles her life as a costume designer for Las Vegas shows and Hollywood TV and films. Su Kim Chung of UNLV Libraries' Special Collections & Archives, facilitated…
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