Dan Bubb (Honors) and other former and current professionals in the commercial aviation industry were interviewed by the New York Times on the safety record of the Boeing 777 and commercial passenger planes in general, after a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 suffered a catastrophic engine failure following takeoff from Denver International Airport…

Nazanin Minaian, Zakai J. Olsen, and Kwang J. Kim (all Mechanical Engineering) provided a book chapter, "Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC) Artificial Muscle in Underwater Environments: Review of Actuatioin, Sensing, Controls, and Applications to Softrobotic," that was published as part of a new edited book, Bioinspired Sensing, Actuation,…

Fiona Britton (Dental) co-authored “Effect of β 1/ β 2 -adrenoceptor Inhibition on β 3 -adrenoceptor Activity in the Rat Cremaster Muscle Artery,” which appeared online in January ahead of print in the British Journal of Pharmacology.

Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) has been recognized by Vegas Inc. magazine as a 2021 Health Care Headliner runner-up in the Dentistry category. For 15 years, the publication has recognized local medical professionals for their tireless efforts, innovations, and leadership to advance the quality of health care in Southern Nevada. This is the…

Chelsea Heinbach (Libraries) received the Association of College & Research Libraries's University Library Section (ULS) Outstanding Professional Development Award for developing the professional development blog LibParlor. Heinbach received the award with her colleagues and fellow LibParlor editorial members …

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article, "Utility of Multi-theory Model (MTM) to Explain the Intention for PAP Adherence in Newly Diagnosed Sleep Apnea Patients" in the journal, Nature and Science of Sleep, with coauthors from the Advanced Center for Sleep Disorders in Chattanooga, Tennessee and the University…

Mary Whitehead (Student Diversity & Social Justice) is the recipient of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Presidential Spotlight and will present on March 16 at the ACPA National Conference. Her presentation stems from her dissertation study, “Othersistering: A Holistic Perspective on Black Women Administrators in Higher…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Crossing Borders for Abortion as a Feminist Challenge to Border Theory" at the Exile, Belonging and Place symposium organized by the University of Louisville Commonwealth Center for Humanities & Society.

Evelyn Gajowski (English) published the chapter, "'As if a Man were Author of Himself': Fantasies of Omnipotence and Autonomy," in the essay collection, Coriolanus: A Critical Reader. The chapter analyzes the resonances between Caius Martius Coriolanus and Donald Trump, interrogating the emergence of the Roman republic, on the one hand, and…