Michael Ian Borer (Sociology) recently appeared on CNN/HLN's docuseries Real Life Nightmare in the episode "Mohave Mystery: Vanished in the Desert," which explores the strange disappearance of a hiker near Area 51. 

Tesfaye Yadete, Kavita Batra, Dale M. Netski, Sabrina Antonio, Michael J. Patros, and Johan C. Bester (all Medicine) published a study titled "Assessing Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose among Adult Americans: A Cross-sectional Study" in the journal Vaccines. Findings of this study underscore the need of developing effective…

Christina Miskey and Andrea Wirth (both Libraries) presented at the annual Northeast Institutional Repository Day. Their presentation, "Developing a Comprehensive Faculty Bibliography to Facilitate Scholarly Communications Outreach," discussed the evolution of the UNLV Bibliography, including ideas for future development, and provided…

Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) presented “The Use of Caries Risk and Smoking Assessment Tools in the Implementation of Intervention Strategies in a US Dental School” during the STAR-ICON Conferences’ Global Summit on Women Empowerment, Surgery, Telehealth Care & Medicine, which had attendees from South America, the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

John Curry (History) gave a virtual invited presentation to the Anglo-Turkish Society in the United Kingdom titled "The Legacy of Mezemorta Hüseyin Paşa: Corsair, Captain, Ottoman Grand Admiral." The Anglo-Turkish Society is a learned society of scholars that promotes scholarship on Turkey and strengthening Turkish-U.K. relations. The talk was…

An-Pyng Sun (Social Work) and Hilarie Cash (reSTART Life) recently gave a presentation, "Internet Addiction and Identity Distress among Male Adolescents and Young Adults" at the NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, 2021 annual conference (virtual).

Matthew S. Dentice (English) has had a poem, "The Migrations Period," included in Calling the Beginning, an anthology of poetry that reflects on the cultural legacy of the Middle Ages. Calling the Beginning is published by Wingless Dreamer and was released Dec. 1. 

Mark Carroll and Lauren Layton (both Education) were featured in a Las Vegas Review-Journal story about recent initiatives to address teacher shortages in Southern Nevada.

Dr. Jo-Lawrence Martinez Bigcas (Medicine) is an expert in the treatment of head and neck cancers. His recent article, "The Origin and Risks of Mouth Lesions," was published in a special oral health issue of Vegas Inc. Health Care Quarterly. The article discusses the risk factors for developing oral cavity lesions that may be benign, pre-cancerous…