Kenneth Izuora, Amalie Alver, Chad Cross (all Medicine), Arpita Basu, Anthony Salazar (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), Antonina Capurro, Civon Gewelber, Shelley Williams, and Jeffrey Ebersole (all Dental) presented a poster, "Relationship between Plasma CRP and Fibrinogen Measured Using Dried Blood Samples and Vascular Complications…
Kevin Wright (Student Diversity & Social Justice), Devin Williams of UNR, Lisa Gilbert of CSN, and Vincent Nava of Nevada State served as panelists for a program hosted by the Nevada treasurer's office focusing on financial literacy, education, and assistance resources when preparing to pursue post-secondary education. The program, "…
Erika G. Abad (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies ) guest edited a special issue of Sinister Wisdom focusing on lesbians in the city. The issue includes works challenging "lesbian" as a fixed identity with special attention to contributors not from New York or California. Abad chose pieces that addressed the questions: How do…
Alyssa Crittenden, Trevor Pollom, and Kristen Herlosky (all Anthropology) and Chad Cross (Medicine), along with Elle Ford, '17 BA Psychology, recently authored a paper, "Effects of a Mixed‐Subsistence Diet on the Growth of Hadza Children," in the American Journal of Human Biology. It explores the early effects of dietary transition among…
Dr. Georgia Dounis (Dental) co-authored “Regional Variation in States' Naloxone Accessibility Laws in Association with Opioid Overdose Death Rates-Observational Study (STROBE Compliant),” which appeared in the May issue of Medicine (Baltimore).
Dr. James Mah (Dental) co-authored “Mixed-Dentition Treatment with Clear Aligners and Vibratory Technology,” which appeared in the April issue of the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics. Mah also wrote an editorial about clear aligners that appeared in the June issue of the Journal of Aligner Orthodontics.
Romeo Jackson (Student Diversity & Social Justice), Nathan Nguyen of Western Michigan University, Vanessa Gonzalez-Siegel of Columbia University, and Mycall Akeem Riley of DePaul University prestented "Intersectional Interventions: Supporting Queer and Trans Students of Color" for Connection 2020: An NCORE Experience.
Shane Kraus (Psychology) recently published two books chapters. The first chapter, "Prevention and treatment of sexual addiction" is coming out in the Cambridge Handbook of Substance and Behavioral Addictions. The second chapter, "Digital technologies and sex: Internet and smartphone influences on pornography viewing and other sexual…
Tim Bavington (Art) is included in Energy and Motion: Abstraction 2020 at Mark Moore Fine Art, an ARTSY online group exhibition including 18 artists focused on abstraction as defined by the painter Jackson Pollock: "Abstraction is energy and motion made visible — memories arrested in space." The online show is on view now through Sept. 13. Other…

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