Vanessa Marie Booth (Political Science, The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West) recently was selected to attend the 2022 Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute (JSI) Fellowship Program at the University of Minnesota. The JSI Fellowship prepares students to obtain a master’s or joint degree in public policy,…

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was an invited presenter for the Equity & Community Colleges Webinar Series sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s chief evaluation office and the Employment and Training Administration’s office of workforce investment. This session focused on exploring…

Patricia Cruz, Mark Buttner, and David Woodard (all Environmental and Occupational Health), along with Adam Obenza, '19 Master of Public Health, co-authored an article, “Microbial Contamination on Ambulance Surfaces: A Systematic Literature Review,” in the Journal of Hospital Infection.   The aim of the study was to determine whether…

Brandon Williams (Chemistry and Biochemistry) and collaborators at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) published an article, "Steam Oxidation of Uranium Mononitride in Pure and Reducing Steam Atmospheres to 1200 °C.," in the Journal of Nuclear Materials. Williams is a first-year radiochemistry doctoral student. The research is a…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) has shared a blog post that outlines the top issue UNLV employees brought to the Ombuds Office in 2021: communication. "Why Can't We Talk" sketches the importance of communication to UNLV's educational mission before breaking down a few common types of poor communication, closing with suggestions on what we each can do…

Dr. Lily T. Garcia (Dental) accepted an invitation to serve as a panelist on the PROHmotion (Policy & Research in Oral Health: Moving Forward) blog hosted by NYU Dentistry Center for Oral Health Policy and Management. The discussion, “Learning from Past Battles,” addressed the topics learning from tobacco, a dental benefit in Medicare, mental…

Dr. Annabel Barber (Medicine) has been named vice chair of the best practices work group of the Board of Governors for the American College of Surgeons. She also recently co-authored two manuscripts, one of which has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. The other manuscript is currently under review.

Zhi Cao (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) recently had his paper, "When Does the Pre-Entry Experience of New Entrants Improve Their Performance? A Meta-Analytical Investigation of Critical Moderators," accepted by Organization Science,  an “A+" journal on Lee Business School's SARS list. He co-authored with professor Hart Posen (…

David Orentlicher (Law) discusses the medical, ethical, and legal implications of permitting terminally ill patients to end their lives with medication in the podcast of "Let's Get Psyched." For nearly 25 years, aid in dying, also known as physician-assisted suicide, has been legal in some U.S. states.