Denise Tillery (English) associate dean of students in the College of Liberal Arts, published the book, Commonplaces of Scientific Evidence in Environmental Discourses (Routledge, 2017). The book examines the uses of scientific evidence within three types of environmental writing and media contexts. Tillery traces writers' patterns, or…

Robert Randolph (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) recently published an article in Long Range Planning titled “Entrenchment in publicly traded family firms: Evidence from the S&P 500.” The study, co-authored with faculty at University of North Carolina, explores the presence of familial entrenchment mechanisms in publicly traded…

Cassaundra Rodriguez (Sociology) has been awarded a Pop-Up Research and Scholarship grant from the University of Michigan’s National Center for Institutional Diversity for her work on Latino spatial microaggressions. 

Soumya Upadhyay, (Healthcare Administration and Policy) recently published an article in the Journal of Hospital Administration titled "An environmental analysis of the evolution of readmission reduction strategies: A study of United States hospitals." Against the background of high readmission rates at hospitals, which may also lead to…

Andrew Thomas Reyes, Hyunhwa “Henna” Lee (Nursing), Christopher Kearney (Psychology) along with former undergraduate students Katrina Isla (Nursing) and Jonica Estrada (Life Sciences) co-authored “Interventions for Posttraumatic Stress with Resilience as Outcome: An Integrative Review,” which appeared in the January issue of Issues in Mental…

Bioethicist Johan Bester’s (Medicine) response to a recent article in The Journal of the American Medical Association was published in the Jan. 8 issue of JAMA Pediatrics. Bester, an assistant professor of family medicine, opined on an article outlining the case of Charlie Gard, an 11-month-old British infant being kept alive by life support…

Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored “Patters of Systemic and Cervicovaginal Fluid Inflammatory Cytokines Throughout Pregnancy,” which determined that differences in cytokine distribution across different biological fluids are evident throughout pregnancy. The findings provide a framework for examining patterns of changes in cytokines…

Kenneth Izuora (School of Medicine), Ammar Yousif (School of Medicine), Gayle Allenback, Civon Gewelber (School of Dental Medicine) and Michael Neubauer (School of Dental Medicine) presented "Dental Loss Among Hospitalized Patients with and without Diabetes" at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and…

UNLV Opera Director Linda Lister (Music) gave a presentation at the 2018 National Opera Association conference in New Orleans on Jan.y 5. Her session “Mantra Yoga for Singers: Restoring Positivity through Affirmations and Asanas” demonstrated tools for opera performers to overcome performance anxiety as well as the increasing negativity of the…