Chartae Witherspoon (CAEO) and 10 students from the Upward Bound Math & Science Center participated in the Good Trouble Book Club, sponsored and initiated by the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) in honor of late U.S. Rep. John Lewis. The club met twice over the course of six weeks to discuss the chapters of Lewis' Across That…

Dr. Kavita Batra (Medicine) recently was elected as a member of the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Task Force on Sexual Misconduct that was established by the Nevada Legislature pursuant to Senate Bill 347. This membership on the task force was approved by the Board of Regents. The overarching goal of this task force is to…

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) presented her findings on "Associations of Neonicotinoids with Insulin and Glucose Homeostasis Parameters in US Adults: NHANES 2015-2016" during the Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome session at the American Public Health Association's 2021 annual meeting.

Christina Miskey (Libraries) was invited to give a presentation at the recent Digital Commons North American Conference. The presentation, "From Alerts to Automation: Using the Scopus Harvesting Tool to Improve Faculty Bibliography Workflows," focused on her work streamlining department workflows around the UNLV Bibliography and UNLV's…

Michelle Tusan (History) will begin her term as vice president/president-elect of the North American Conference on British Studies on Nov. 14.

Laura K. Gryder-Culver (Medicine) presented "Occupant Protection Analysis of Use of Child Restraints by Age" at the 2021 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit hosted by Nevada Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety to share best practices to reach the ultimate goal of Zero Fatalities in Nevada. Gryder-Culver is a significant…

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) published a paper on "Maternal Urniary OPE Metabolite Concentrations and Blood Pressure During Pregnancy: The HOME study" in the journal Environmental Research. This study found that maternal urinary BCEP and DPHP concentrations were associated with increased blood pressure during pregnancy. …

Brian Rowsell, Reginald Stewart, and Christina Hall (all Risk Management and Safety), serving as the RMS Radiation Safety Team recently received a       certificate of achievement for excellence in reporting from the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS) . The NMMSS tracks the movement and uses of domestic…

Laura K. Gryder-Culver, Merika Charupoom (both Medicine), and Erin Breen (Transportation Research Center) presented "Marrying Pedestrian and Bike Data with Court Education Data and Community Demographics" at the 2021 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit hosted by Nevada Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety to share best practices…

Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine) was invited as a panelist to discuss consequences of risky driving behaviors as a part of her presentation titled "Fast and Furious: Let’s Talk About Speed!" at the 2021 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit hosted by Nevada Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety. Kuhls has been…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) participated in a virtual panel on her co-edited volume Latin American Immigration Ethics (University of Arizona Press, 2021), as part of the Fourth International Forum on Migrants, Refugees, and Human Rights organized by Paseo de la Esperanza A.C. in Monterrey, Mexico. Her co-presenters were…

Emylia Terry (Public Health) received a $3,000 research stipend award from UNLV's International Gaming Institute and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling for her research on problem gambling among sexual and gender minorities and its impact on housing and food security. Her research project is in conjunction with professors Jennifer Pharr,…