Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration & Policy) earned a $7,500 Troesh Scholar award for her proposal on "Does Patient Engagement through Health IT affect Patient Safety?" Upadhyay's proposal explores if patient engagement IT functionalities and electronic health records can affect patient safety outcomes.

Jason Flatt (Environmental & Occupational Health) received a renewal from the NIH Loan Repayment Program, which will pay off the remaining of his educational debt. Jason is also an LRP Ambassador and he is happy to share advice for postdoctoral fellows and faculty applying to the program.

Timothy Erwin (English) has given several recent talks at online meetings, speaking in Paris on “The Discourse of the Eye: Romeo and Juliet and Hogarth’s Marriage A-la-Mode” for the Société Française Shakespeare last March; on “The Sister Arts in The Deserted Village” for the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies last…

Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing) co-authored a new article,"Association of Delivery Outcomes With the Number of Childbirth Education Sessions," published in The Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing.  

Shane Kraus (Psychology) recently participated on the podcast "Fall In: The Problem Gambling Podcast for Military Service Members and Veterans."

Dr. John Fildes (Medicine) has been selected by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians to receive the 2021 Norman McSwain Leadership Award.  The award is bestowed on individuals who demonstrate outstanding leadership and commitment to trauma care excellence. Fildes will receive the award at the World Trauma…

Susan VanBeuge (Nursing) was elected as the Area 1 director to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing for a two-year term. The role of the area director is to represent a geographic area and the entire membership on the National Council State Boards of Nursing board of directors.  This is elected by the membership of…

Hasan Deniz (Teaching and Learning) was awarded a grant of $435,679 by the National Science Foundation. The project, "Developing an Integrated Computer Science Curriculum for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms at Grades 3-5" is a collaborative proposal among UNLV, George Mason University, University of South Carolina Upstate and…

Jayce L. Farmer and Andres J. Rodriguez Lombeida (Public Policy and Leadership) published an article, “How State Interventions affect Municipalities Taking the Lead in Sustainability,” in Sustainability. This article examines how state governments affect municipal government efforts to promote energy efficiency within their internal operations.…