Nicole Short and doctoral students Lauren Reyes and Mattea Pezza (all Psychology) have published a manuscript in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, which is the American Psychological Associations' flagship journal for basic science in psychopathology. The manuscript, "The role of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in…

The Women's Research Institute of Nevada hosted the inaugural meeting of the UNLV Gender & Sexuality Research Network on Dec. 11. The event brought together UNLV employees who engage in scholarship and other professional endeavors related to gender and sexuality. Please contact Rachael Robnett, director of the Women's Research Institute and…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on Informed Informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post explains why asking "What would you do?" is rarely helpful and often harmful, and instead suggests four questions that can lead to better outcomes.   

Barbara Lewis (Public Health) was at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement Forum displaying her poster titled, "Start a Patient and Family Advisory Council - Improve Safety, Save Money, and Boost HCAHPS."

Rob Levrant (Lifelong Learning) published an article, "The Psychology of Learning in Retirement: Lifelong learning programs foster positive aging," in the Society of Certified Senior Advisors CSA Journal.

Manoj Sharma, Sidath Kapukotuwa, Sharmistha Roy, Mahsa Pashaeimeykola, and Asma Awan (all Social and Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “Theory-based antecedents of stopping texting while driving among college students for injury prevention: A cross-sectional study,” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public…

Mohammed K. A. Kaabar (Mathematics) has published new research article in the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing (Q1 Journal according to the SCI-E of Web of Science), Journal of the Korean Society for Informatics and Computational Applied Mathematics, published by Springer Nature. The article introduces the Fractal-Fractional…

Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Global Health) and colleagues published an article on "Brown Carbon Optical Variability in US Urban Aerosols Revealed by an Enhanced Spectral/Mass Balance Approach" in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters. Light absorption by brown carbon (BrC) represents a major uncertainty in…

Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) gave an invited talk to the North American British Music Studies Association. NABMSA "aims to promote the study of British Music from all time periods on the North American Continent; to provide a collegial and supportive forum for discussion through electronic and other means; to provide a clearinghouse of information…