Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine) has been selected by the Nevada State Medical Association (NSMA) to receive the 2023 “Distinguished Physician’s Award.” The award recognizes a physician that has made an outstanding achievement in the medical field and is largely regarded as one of NSMA’s highest honors. Fellow physicians selected Kuhls…

Assistant professor Shaikh Arifuzzaman and his graduate student Md Abdul Motaleb Faysal (both Computer Science) published and presented a paper titled, "Fast Community Detection in Graphs with Infomap Method using Accelerated Sparse Accumulation" at the 37th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Symposium (IPDPS 2023), which is a premium…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored a paper titled "A National Study on Pregaming Motives, Frequency, Consumption, and Negative Alcohol Consequences among University Students in the United States" in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Pregaming, or drinking before going out, is a commonly practiced risky behavior. This…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has coauthored an article titled, “Effects of therapeutic lifestyle change diets on blood lipids, lipoproteins, glycemic parameters, and blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials” in the journal Nutrition Reviews (Impact Factor 6.846) in collaboration…

At the 49th Annual Pacific-Southwest Emmy Awards, Alex Stopa’s (Music) original composition, Spiral, received three Emmy nominations, winning two of these in the categories of "Arts and Entertainment" and "Director – Short Form Content." Stopa says, “I’m thrilled and honored to receive these Awards. I hope that this unique project helps…

Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) published with colleagues, "'Going Back in the Closet”: Addressing Discrimination Against Sexual and Gender Minority Residents in Long-Term Services and Supports by Providing Culturally Responsive Care," in the Journal of Aging & Social Policy. We explored how LGBTQ+ or sexual and gender minority…

Professor Stephen Caplan (Music) is a featured clinician for the international conference of the Association for Body Mapping Education (ABME), being held at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte from June 21-25. Caplan is a Sponsoring Teacher for the organization and is leading master classes and round table discussions. ABME educates…

The department of world languages and cultures hosted the French government's DELF/DALF exams from June 12-15. Coordinated by Margaret Harp and the Alliance Française de Las Vegas, the DELF (Diplôme d'Etudes en Langue Française) and DALF (Diplôme approfondi de langue française) are official qualifications awarded by the French…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) gave a presentation titled, "Bacterial Symbionts are Associated with Insecticide Resistance in the Major Malaria Vector Anopheles coluzzii," during the American Society for Microbiology Microbe conference held June 15-19 in Houston, Texas. Abstract: The mosquito microbiota consists of the…