Dr. Ross P. Berkeley (Medicine) presented on "Cognitive Overload: Impact on Quality & Patient Safety" at the annual Southwest Regional Emergency Medicine Conference, along with speakers from multiple other emergency medicine residencies. Berkeley discussed several cases in which cognitive overload contributed to a missed diagnosis, and…

Mark Lenker (Libraries) published "Open-Mindedness is an Achievement: Prototyping a New Threshold Concept for Information Literacy" in LOEX Quarterly. In the article, Lenker argues that open-mindedness is an achievement, not a trait that one has by default. It requires careful attention to the best available evidence and argument on…

Tyler D. Parry, (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared in two news programs this week highlighting Black History Month: A report on "Hidden Figures in Black History" produced by KTNV, Channel 13 reporter Alicia Pattillo on Feb. 2 A report about the history of Black physicians in the United States produced by reporter Gabby Hart…

Dr. James Mah (Dental) co-authored “Modern 3D Cephalometry in Pediatric Orthodontics — Downsizing the FOV and Development of a New 3D Cephalometric Analysis within a Minimized Large FOV for Dose Reduction,” which appeared January 25 in Clinical Oral Investigations.

David J. Morris (English) wrote an opinion piece for CNN.com about PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and the military veterans who took part in the Jan. 6 attack/insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.    

Jared Lau (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) and colleagues Atsuko Seto (The College of New Jersey) and Kent Becker (Saybrook University) recently published their article, "“When You Take This Jump and Cross Racial Boundaries”: Parents’ Experiences of Raising Multiracial Children" in The Family Journal, the…

Kweisi Ausar (Hospitality) published his memoir No Sur in this month. His book examines how spiritual cultivation can help overcome trauma.

Marina Colacicchi-Garber (World Languages and Cultures) has had a new selection of poetry (in Russian) published in Prosodia literary magazine in Moscow.

Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching & Learning) and Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) have published the article, "Efficacy of Meditation-Based Interventions on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Among Veterans: A Narrative Review" in the journal Advances in Mind-Body Medicine in association with Taj Haider of Civic Center (New…