Qingmin Shi (Decision Support), along with Robin Cresiski (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Sandip Thanki and Lori Navarrete (both Nevada State College), recently published an article “Undergraduate Research at a Teaching-Oriented College: Seniors’ Perspectives and Approaches to Consider” in the Journal of the Scholarship of…

Dr. Francisco S. Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health) is the new principal investigator (PI) of the Mountain West Clinical and Translational Research Infrastructure Network grant. The National Institutes of Health approved his appointment as the new PI of this grant on June 7. The goal of this $20 million, five-year grant project…

Sanae El Ibrahimi (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and colleagues from Comagine Health (Michelle A. Hendricks, Sara Hallvik, Christi Hildebran), Brigham & Women’s Hospital (Scott G. Weiner, Michael A. Fischer), and Brandeis University (Grant Ritter) presented a poster at the 2021 Academy Health virtual Annual Research Meeting titled “Defining…

Richard Saladino (Libraries) presented "Process Improvement Methodologies in Finding Value of Book Donations," at the Association of Architecture School Librarians + The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Joint Virtual Conference. 

Danica Hays (Education) was named as the fifth most frequent contributing author in the Journal of Counseling & Development, according to a recent metastudy of the publication's characteristics between between 2010 and 2019. Hays' contributions were a part of a larger trend for the publication — a 14 percent increase in women authors. 

Christian Cervantes (Nursing) recently won the Clinical Nursing Staff Member of the Quarter at Desert Springs Hospital, part of the new Desert Diamond Awards, which recognize employee achievement in areas such as safety, hospitality, integrity, nurturing and excellence.

John "Skip" Crooker, Brent Drake, Celeste Calkins, and Qingmin Shi (all Decision Support) recently presented at the annual Association for Institutional Research Forum. Crooker, Shi, and Drake presented “A Synthetic-Control Method for Estimating the Impact of 15-to-Finish." Crooker, Calkins, and Shi presented “Forward-Looking Model Predicting STEM…

Meena Ejjada (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) was selected for the 2021 Dave Caldwell Scholarship awarded by the American Water Works Association. The nationwide scholarship established in memory of Brown and Caldwell recognizes a graduate student whose work advances engineering and technology in the drinking water…

Wendy Kveck (Art) is one of four artists featured in "FREEDOM>FORCE REDUX" at the Sahara West Library. The exhibit opened June 11 and will be on display through Aug. 28.