Mayra Corn, Amy Tureen, and Xiaoyin Zhang (all Libraries) contributed a poster, "Improving Job Advertisements," to the Association of College & Research Libraries 2021 Conference. Corn also presented the poster, "Ascending During Crisis: How an Academic Library provided PPE to their community." In addition, Tureen participated in the…

Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a virtual presentation,“From Neo-Nazis and Coughing Karens: Grappling with Intentionality in the Time of COVID-19,” at the Western States Folklore Society annual meeting.

William Bauer (History and American Indian Alliance) has been appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of American History. He will serve a three-year term. The Journal of American History is the leading scholarly publication and the journal of record in American history as well as the official journal of the Organization of…

Jacob Ozuna, Benjamin Barborka, and Neamat Hassan (all Dental) published a paper, "A Retrospective Evaluation of the Prevalence of Cracked Teeth Among an Adult Population in Nevada," in the European Endodontic Journal that appeared online ahead of print. The paper identified the distribution and characteristics of cracked teeth among patients…

Shashi Nambisan (Civil Engineering and Transportation Research Center) was interviewed by Joe Schoenmann of KNPR about a mass transit initiative proposed along Charleston Boulevard in the city of Las Vegas. The segment aired earlier this month as part of KNPR's State of Nevada.  

Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration & Policy) recently published an article on "Improving Healthcare Quality in the United States Healthcare System: A Scientific Management Approach" in the Journal of Hospital Administration. The U.S. healthcare system has been facing pressures from stakeholders to reduce costs and improve…

Susanna Newbury (Art) has published The Speculative City: Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles, with the University of Minnesota Press. A forensic examination of the mutual relationship between art and real estate in a transforming Los Angeles, the book argues that art and urban development shape each other's evolution The…

Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) presented a paper based on his project on animal rights/welfare activism in Ciudad Juárez, México, as part of a human rights panel, in the Society for Latin American Studies Virtual Conference. In this presentation, he explored how animal rights/welfare activists engage in discourses of human rights in their…

Zaijing Sun (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) has been elected to the executive committee of the Education, Training, and Workforce Development Division (ETWDD) of the American Nuclear Society. His three-year term will begin June 17. The ETWDD provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the…