G. David Beasley (Graduate College) presented a paper, "A Heroine Educated by Warrington: The Romance of the Forest and Dissenting Education" at the 51st American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies annual meeting. The paper traced the connections between Gothic novelist Ann Radcliffe, the Warrington Academy, and women's education in…

Keshia Kotula (Nursing) defended her Ph.D. dissertation to earn her doctorate title. Her topic was “Factors Influencing the Self-Reported Palliative Care Practices of Acute Care Nurses.”

Desiree Reed-Francois (Athletics) has been recognized by the publication Diverse Issues in Higher Education as one of its "Top 25 Women in Higher Education." In its annual special report the publication recognized women who were selected for making a difference in higher education by tackling some of its toughest challenges,…

Keith A. Rowley (Law) testified before the Nevada Assembly's Judiciary Committee in opposition to a bill that would have had negative repercussions to the existing commercial law regime in Nevada, potentially placing Nevada consumers and businesses at a competitive disadvantage. He then worked with the bill's proponents (and with other…

Kristine Jan C. Espinoza (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) co-authored a recent publication, "AANAPISIs in Context and Practice: Strategies for Serving Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Students," in the About Campus special issue on Asian American and Native American Pacific-Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI)…

Dieu-My Tran (Nursing) was awarded a grant for $65,958, through CTR-IN funding, for a pilot intervention study on mobile health care and its effects on college students with elevated blood pressure.

Drs. Awad Javaid, Banveet Kaur Khetarpal, Kalaimani Elango, and Chowdhury Ahsan (all Medicine) recently co-authored a manuscript, "The Effects of Warfarin and Direct Oral Anticoagulants on Systemic Vascular Calcification: A Review" in Cells. The authors reviewed recent evidence regarding the effects of warfarin compared to direct oral…

Marina Colacicchi (World Languages and Cultures) published a selection of poetry in Russian literary magazine The Text, Berlin. 

Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) published the article "The Politics of Saving Dogs in Mexico" in the "General Anthropology Division Bulletin." This article summarizes his most recent research project that focuses on the animal welfare/rights activists working in Ciudad Juárez, México.