Richard R. Rosenkranz and Sara K. Rosenkranz (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues at Kansas State University, recently published "Recovery Phase Nutrition and Insulin Strategies for a Collegiate Distance Runner with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Study" in the journal Sports.

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the official blog of UNLV's Ombuds Office. The post titled "Why I’m Not the Ombudsman" explains the adoption of the non-gendered term "Ombuds" to describe those in the profession. For more information about the Ombuds Office, please visit their website.  

Justin Iverson (Law) presented this week at the Nevada Library Association's 2023 Annual Conference on "Jailhouse Librarian: Services to Incarcerated Individuals" and "Legal Books & Materials Required in Every County Under NAC 380.010: Are These Requirements Still Necessary?". 

Shashi Nambisan (Transportation Research Center and Civil Engineering) presented "A Preliminary Analysis of the Electric Vehicles Charging Infrastructure in Nevada" during the 2023 Fall Transportation Conference held on Nov. 1-2 at the Tuscany Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The presentation summarized the state of the charging infrastructure…

Barbara Lewis, (Public Health) co-wrote an article, "Nothing About Patients, Without Patients: More Than Just a Catchy Phrase!" which was published in The Permanente Journal.

Whitney Elks, Declan Feery, Brisa Escobedo, Kavita Batra, Charles St. Hill, Ovunc Bardakcioglu (all Medicine) presented their study "Socioeconomic Status and Race Remain Predictors of Surgical Management of Stage I-III Invasive Rectal Adenocarcinoma Across US Regions" in a Scientific session at the Western Surgical Association Annual Meeting.…

Last week, Publishers Weekly ran online (and in print) Jarret Keene's (English) "soapbox" column, "Make Humanities Fun Again," on expanding the canon in English departments and reintroducing a sense of bright wonder to the humanities. Jarret's dystopian adventure novel Hammer of the Dogs is set in post-apocalyptic Las Vegas and is available at…

Dr. Mario Gaspar de Alba (Medicine) has been appointed to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH) Maternal and Child Health Advisory Board for the State of Nevada. Dr. Gaspar de Alba is associate dean of diversity equity and inclusion and associate professor of pediatrics in developmental behavioral pediatrics.  

Dr. Jyoti Mago, Dr. Neamat Hassan, and third-year dental students Luke Smith and Nicholas Bautista (all Dental), presented "Identifying Indirect Restorations using two-dimensional Imaging and three-dimensional imaging by using low dose and standard protocols on two different CBCT Machines” during the poster session of the American Academy of Oral…