Kavita Batra (Medicine) co-authored a study "Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990-2021: a sub-analysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021," recently published in the Lancet Public Health. The study found that countries like Norway, Iceland, Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden maintained life…

Amanda Melilli (Libraries), along with colleagues Alicia G. Vaandering (University of Rhode Island) and James W. Rosenzweig (Eastern Washington University) presented "Reading the Rainbow: Exploring Themes and Identities in LGBTQIA+ Picture Books" at the 2025 Children's Literature Assembly Online Research Conference. 

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on Informed Informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post explores how the topic of his current Honors seminar, alternate history, can help those in the midst of interpersonal conflicts.  For more information about the…

Amanda C. Saragosa (first year PhD student),  Gabriela Buccini, Sheniz Moonie, Christopher Johansen (all Public Health), and Alyssa Crittenden (Graduate College) co-authored a newly published article, "Factors associated with caregiver responsive and non-responsive feeding styles in Clark County, Nevada," in the Public Health Nutrition…

Ph.D. student Amruta Godbole (Public Health) presented her research on “Associations between neonicotinoids and inflammation in US adults using hematological indices: NHANES 2015-2016" at the Society for Epidemiologic Research 2025 Mid-Year Meeting from Feb. 10-14, 2025.

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Ravi Batra (Public Health) co-authored a study, "Global, Regional, and National Burden of Suicide, 1990–2021," published in Lancet Public Health. The study highlights the highest rates of Suicides in Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. The average age of suicide deaths has increased over time, and suicide attempts…

Madeline Clark (Counselor Education) was elected president for the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) for 2026-2027 fiscal year making her the 80th ACES president. Clark will assume the role of ACES president-elect July 1, 2025.

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "How Mexico's Forensic Anthropologists Are Resisting Forensic Extractivism" as part of the panel "Social Philosophy in Mexico" organized by the North American Society for Social Philosophy for the Central Division annual conference of the American Philosophical Association. 

Professor Nancy Rapoport's (Law) work and her reputation as an expert in bankruptcy law and ethics was recently cited by the United States Trustee (an arm of the Department of Justice) in a legal argument involving a battle about expert opinions.