Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published the op-ed,  "What We’ve Gotten Wrong about the History of Reconstruction" in the Washington Post on Jan. 23. Co-written with Robert Greene II of Claflin University, the op-ed describes the remarkable life of Henry E. Hayne, a South Carolina politician in the…

Drs. Paige Harry, Ian Isby, and Ross P. Berkeley, along with Aaron Johnson and Matthew Earle, both 2021 emergency medicine residency graduates, recently presented their research poster, "Analysis of Fatalities at Lake Mead National Recreation Area," at the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) Scientific Assembly in San Diego. In an…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented her research on the impact COVI19 has had on families of infants and toddlers with disabilities at the Council for Exceptional Children's 2022 Convention and Expo. This study is a collaboration with Kimberly Hile from the University of Alabama at Huntsville and is…

Aidy Weeks (Libraries) recently was interviewed on InfoBase's InfoBlog about her service leadership on the Latinx Caucus of the Medical Library Association. Weeks is the interim director of the UNLV School of Medicine Library. 

Dr. Rooman Ahad (Medicine) is the author of a children's book, Amazing Abe Has Autism (Fulton Books, 2021). Abe is amazing. He has autism and works hard every day with his family and therapists to help him with his communication. The best part about Abe is his huge heart. He has so much love to give and loves to share his accomplishments with his…

Elizabeth Johnson (Anthropology) and Shelly Volsche, '13 BA Psychology, '15 MA Anthropology, and '17 PhD Anthropology, now of Boise State University, are authors of an article, "Not So Different as Cats and Dogs: Companionship during the COVID-19 Pandemic," The article was published in the journal The…

Huiying Zhang (Hospitality) together with Xi Yu Leung, '12 PhD Hospitality and Jie Sun, '18 PhD Hospitality, co-authored "Attracting Generation Z talents to the hospitality industry through COVID CSR practices," which was published in the International  Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management.  Based on signaling theory,…

The Women’s Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) has been awarded a Nevada Humanities American Rescue Plan Recovery Program Grant. Funded in part with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, this $10,000 award will be used to support humanities-based programming for the Girls Athletic Leadership School…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) have co-edited a book, COVID-19: Impact on Public Health and Healthcare (Volume 2), which was published by MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland). This compendium of studies conducted from around the world focuses on the assessment of the impact of…