Ph.D. student Taylor Flaherty (Anthropology) published a recent article titled, "Dehydration-Induced alterations to sharp force trauma on Sus domesticus radii," in Science and Justice. Their study analyzed the shrinkage of kerf marks on bone following laboratory-induced dehydration. This research was completed for Taylor's MSc degree at the…

Cyrus Ford Zarganj (Libraries) presented "Cataloging Middle Eastern Streaming Media using RDA and MARC21 for the Middle East Librarians Association Committee on Cataloging. The presentation focused on the challenges and different aspects in cataloging of streaming video and audio, filmed and recorded originally in languages spoken…

Yonsu Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and colleagues published an article titled "A higher Asthma Medication Ratio (AMR) predicts a decrease in ED visits among African American and Hispanic Children" in the Journal of Asthma. Higher rates of ED visits and hospitalizations for asthma…

Art Gelis, Ken Czerwinski, and Dan Koury (Radiochemistry) have been notified that their proposal, "Research Traineeship for Nuclear Forensics," has been selected for a Nuclear Forensics Research Award from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. The $1,395,000 award, which is expected to start…

LeAnne Salazar-Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Ramona Esparza will present at the Learning and Justice for all Conference, hosted by Nevada Association of School Administrators (NASA). Invited Lecture: "Coloring Outside the Lines: Diversfying the Educational Pipeline" The session discussed…

Gerilyn Slicker (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published an article, "Meeting quality benchmarks in center-based early care and education: A latent class analysis," in Early Childhood Research Quarterly. This paper identifies five subgroups of child care and early education centers on the basis of the combinations of…

Dos Mujeres, Un Camino-Our Ascension to Careers in Higher Education through PhotoVoice LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), University of Nevada Las Vegas Gina Delgado (Teaching and Learning), University of Nevada Las Vegas As two Latina's working in an R1 institution…

Austin Horng-En Wang and Nadia Eldemerdash (both Political Science) published an article, "National identity, willingness to fight, and collective action," in the Journal of Peace Research. This article challenges the theory of mobilization, arguing that the calculation of the collective action will be salient among citizens without a…

John Starkey's (Business) BUS 103 - 1010 students (First-Year Seminar) from Lee Business School raised $4,164 this past semester for the following local nonprofits: SafeNest, Urban Underdogs, Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, and Pet Partners of Las Vegas.  The following students spent the fall 2022 semester fundraising on-campus…