Johan Bester (Medicine) published an international textbook in pediatric ethics, Pediatric Ethics: Theory and Practice, with a host of co-authors. The book is edited by Bester and a clinical ethicist from MD Anderson, Nico Nortje. The book combines contributions from leading experts in pediatric ethics from all over the world, and is intended…

Kathryn Houk and Xan Goodman (both Libraries) are co-authors on an open access article, "Librarians attending non-librarian conferences: Benefits and preparing to attend," published in the Journal of New Librarianship. Houk is the undergraduate medical education librarian at the School of Medicine Library and Goodman is the health sciences…

Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published a book chapter “Waking Up Sleeping Metaphors of Diabetes” in the edited volume (Un)doing Diabetes: Representation, Disability, Culture.

The Department of Graduate Medical Education (Medicine) has been granted Continued Accreditation after being reviewed by the Institutional Review Committee (IRC) for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The IRC commended the school of medicine for its substantial compliance and without any citations. 

Travis Olson (Teaching and Learning) was a special guest on the Teaching Math Teaching podcast, Episode 57, which aired Jan. 26, 2022, Olson discussed the upcoming 26th Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE). The national conference, running February 10-12, will be hosted in the Las Vegas Valley at the Hilton…

Anjala Krishen (Marketing & International Business) published a paper in Journal of Advertising (Lee Business School A- level publication) with Angeline Close Scheinbaum (faculty at Clemson University), Buduo Wang (doctoral student at UT Austin), and Siyan Li (doctoral student at UT Austin) The article is "How Affective Evaluation and Tourist…

Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing) co-authored a newly published study, "Challenges to Interdisciplinary Consensus for Evidence-based Practice with Water Immersion for Labor and Birth: A Systemic Review of Scholarly References."  The study was published in the newest edition of Health Sciences Review.

The College of Liberal Arts (COLA) Mentoring Programs have been recognized by the Nevada Commission on Mentoring for their work as Champions of Mentorship in Nevada. This award comes during National Mentoring Month, January 2022. The college's Mentoring Programs encompass: the First-Year Student Program, Second-Year Student Program, Transfer…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published the op-ed,  "What We’ve Gotten Wrong about the History of Reconstruction" in the Washington Post on Jan. 23. Co-written with Robert Greene II of Claflin University, the op-ed describes the remarkable life of Henry E. Hayne, a South Carolina politician in the…