Toni Repetti (Hospitality) and Susan Roe of San Francisco State University were invited guests on the "Restaurant Relevance" podcast to discuss their paper “Minimum Wage Change Effects on Restaurant Pricing and Employment” and how the results are applicable in today’s restaurant employment environment. The podcast will be available on YouTube,…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) presented his research project "Understanding the #MilkTeaAlliance Movement" at the Wilson Center China Fellowship Conference 2022. The project analyzes three million tweets and explores the change of narratives and the compositions of participants in the #MilkTeaAlliance movement in Asia in 2020. The…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently shared a new post on For the Ombuds, the office's official blog, called "Why the Ombuds is Informal." The brief post defines the concept of informality as it relates to the Ombuds office, explains its importance to the practice of organizational ombuds, and demonstrates why informality is a boon to those who…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with researchers from Saudi Arabia and India, published an article, "Literature Review of Omicron: A Grim Reality Amidst COVID-19," in the journal "Microorganisms."

Camisha Fagan (Sociology) was awarded the Sankofa Advocate Scholarship by the office of student diversity & social justice. The scholarship recognizes students who utilize their knowledge to contribute to the liberation of historically marginalized identities. 

Jason Flatt (Social & Behavioral Health) received notice of a $150,000 grant from the Alzheimer's Association Research Grant to Promote Diversity. The grant will be used to collect cognitive health data with LGBTQIA+ older adults.

Dr. Sadaf Fakhra (Medicine) was accepted into the American College of Cardiology IM Women in Cardiology program. She will be the resident advocate in Nevada for other female residents interested in cardiology, and will promote and foster that interest. Fakhra will be attending seminars to train to become a mentor for interested residents, and be…

Patricia A. Heisser Metoyer (Psychology, Interdisciplinary, English), before International Women’s Day on March 8, was selected as a formal delegate to the United Nations Women CSW66 on March 31. UN Women, NGO participants, including the UNA-USA delegation, will identify global strategies to address gender gaps primarily due to discriminatory…

Krystal Kittle (Public Health) received notice of a three-year Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship award for $175,000. Jason Flatt (Social & Behavioral Health) and Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) serve as her mentor and co-mentor on the grant. The goals of this grant are to characterize the caregiving experiences…