Allyson Hindle (Life Sciences) recently received a National Science Foundation Polar Programs grant, titled "Role of Endothelial Cell Activation in Hypoxia Tolerance of an Elite Diver, the Weddell Seal." In collaboration with Jose Pablo Vazquez-Medina from the Universit of California, Berkeley, the project will evaluate the…

Alyssa Crittenden (Anthropology) has been selected as a co-recipient of the 2021 Conrad M. Arensberg award from the American Anthropological Association. This honor recognizes individuals who have furthered anthropology as a natural science.   Alyssa Crittenden’s research combines methods of evolutionary…

Eve Hanan (Law) published an article, Talking Back in Court, in the Washington Law Review. The article analyzes three types of power that prevent defendants from responding to opportunities to advocate for themselves in court: sovereign, disciplinary, and social-emotional power. The article argues that the dynamics of social-emotional…

Manoj Sharma, Jennifer Pharr, Courtney Coughenour (all Environmental & Occupational Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching & Learning), Kavita Batra (Medicine), and Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education), along with Asma Awan (Purdue University), and Hannah Catalano (University of North Carolina Wilmington), published an article “Using the Multi…

Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) co-authored a paper published in Nature on developing the ATX(N) classification, a system for recognizing biomarkers in blood that indicate the presence in the brain of plaques and tangles characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease.  ATX(N) advances allow researchers to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease without…

Alisha Kerlin (Barrick Museum of Art) was appointed to the board of Rogers Art Loft. Rogers Art Loft welcomes national and international artists to work for two to eight weeks in downtown Las Vegas. Their mission is dedicated to inclusivity, originality, and empowerment of artists. They seek to support artists in all steps of their development;…

Jayme Haynes (Nursing) successfully defended her dissertation, "Effects of a Discourse Intervention on End of Life Knowledge and Attitude in BSN Nursing Students”. She will earn her doctorate title once her courses finish this semester

Maria B. Roberts (Education) has been appointed to Nevada's Commission on Professional Standards in Education by Gov. Steve Sisolak. She was nominated by Dean Danica Hayes for this position. As a regulatory body, the mission of the commission (COPS) is to set standards for licensing educational personnel in Nevada and facilitating a quality…

Aldo M. Barrita (Psychology) was awarded the Cultivating Healing, Advocacy, Nonviolence, Growth, and Equity Grant (CHANGE) of the American Psychological Association Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) that will fund his research project, Latinx experiences with racial and ethnic microaggressions: The construction and validity of a new…