Dr. Robin Reinke (Dental) completed the American Dental Education Association Leadership Institute, becoming a fellow of the 2018 graduating class. The institute supports the nation’s most promising individuals at academic institutions in becoming leaders in dental and higher education. Prospective fellows are selected from a competitive pool of…

Kelly Ai-Sun Tseng (Life Sciences) was awarded a $224,250 grant from the Nevada INBRE: IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence funded by the National Institutes of Health. Her research project "Building a Molecular Blueprint for Productive Eye Repair" aims to identify genes and signals that induce eye regeneration. Research…

Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published an original research article in the prestigious Journal of Lipid Research. Data were obtained from the landmark Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) and its follow-up phase, the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) study, showing higher…

Karen P. West (Dental) received the American Dental Education Association’s (ADEA) premier award — the ADEA Distinguished Service Award — at the 2018 annual session & exhibition in Orlando, Florida, in March. The ADEA Board of Directors presents this award when an ADEA member has made an extraordinary contribution to dental education…

Kerie Francis (Sociology) has received the 2018 Alex G. and Faye Spanos Distinguished Teaching Award. This prestigious annual award was established in 1981 to recognize excellence and innovation in teaching and mentorship. 

Sharon Jalene (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) earned the 2018 CSUN Faculty Achievement Award, which recognizes a faculty member’s outstanding dedication to students through advising, classroom instruction, mentorship, or special events. Jalene is a two-time past recipient of the CSUN Faculty Excellence Award, and the 2015 recipient of the…

Lydia Nussbaum (Law) recently provided an op-ed piece to the Las Vegas Review-Journal titled "School Discipline Reform Didn't Create Florida Shooter — and Can Help Kids Who Need It." In the piece she not only corrects the record on a recent article regarding the Florida shooting and school discipline reform, but also explains how school districts…

Kara Radzak, Julia Freedman, and Gabriele Wulf (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently were named the 2018 distinguished award recipients by the School of Allied Health Sciences. Each year the school acknowledges faculty who are exemplary in scope and quality, exceed expectations and assigned responsibilities, and demonstrate altruism.…

Helen Wing (Life Sciences) and a group that included 16 members of her research team (seven undergraduate students, six graduate students, two technicians and one post-doctoral fellow) published a paper, "Insights into Transcriptional Silencing and Anti‐Silencing in Shigella flexneri: a Detailed Molecular Analysis of the icsP…

Heather Rappaport (Student Union and Event Services) received the 2018 Volunteer of the Year Award at the national conference of the Association of Collegiate Conference and Event Directors, International last month. She serves as the director for Region 1, which includes 13 U.S. states and three Canadian areas, and is the assistant director for…

Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) received the “Community Partner” award from Acelero Learning for her commitment and advocacy to children, families, and Acelero Learning Clark County Head Start programs. She is leading an early childhood caries prevention project sponsored by Oral Health America that is designed to reduce the incidence of…

Dr. Robin Reinke (Dental) co-authored "Methods and Purposes for Conduction Students' Course Evaluations Reported by North American Dental Schools and Dental Hygiene Program Leaders: A Preliminary Survey Study," which appeared in the March issue of the Journal of Dental Education. The authors sent the electronic survey to academic deans of 76…