Eve Hanan (Law) presented last week on two panels at the Association of American Law Schools Conference on Clinical Legal Education. Both panels addressed how to teach lawyering skills in novel and changing areas of legal practice.
Janet Dufek and Jeffrey Eggleston (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) shared findings with Lower Extremity Review: Pediatrics from a pair of studies each led related to how walking patterns may help identify autism within children. Their comments appeared in an article titled “Autism Linked…
Xiangxue Xiao and Yingke Xu (both Environmental and Occupational Health and Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine), and Bowen Liu (Math and NIPM) recently published findings in Osteoporosis International, a high-impact peer-reviewed medical journal published by Springer that is an official…
Kelsey Lupo (Libraries) has been selected as the spring 2018 University Libraries Inspirational Customer Service Award winner. She was selected based on her work assisting with the library's CONTENTdm system migration, along with managing multiple projects.
Samantha Coogan (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) has been named president-elect for the Nevada Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Coogan’s many responsibilities will include organizing and leading quarterly and annual meetings, providing guidance about legislative policies, fundraising,…
School of Nursing answered an invitation from the National League for Nursing to test new simulation education scenarios focused on pediatrics patients. Assistant professor Jessica Doolen, lecturer Lisa Nicholas, graduate assistant Jennifer Pfannes, and three nursing students piloted, provided…
Marcia Ditmyer (Dental) accepted an invitation to author an editorial from the American Journal of Public Health. Her article titled “Can Tobacco Cessation Quitlines Improve the Use of Dental Health Care” appeared in the May issue and concludes that while cessation quitlines can improve dental…
Nora Caberoy (Life Sciences) and Francisco Sy (Community Health Sciences) gave their research presentations at the 38th Philippine American Academy of Science and Engineering Annual Meeting and Symposium public health session at the University of Arizona earlier this month. Caberoy presented her…
Deborah Arteaga (World Languages and Cultures) gave a talk, "Cultural Aspects of Communicating with Hispanic Patients," at the UMC Emergency Medicine Research Program earlier this month.
Erin Hamilton (Accounting) was awarded a three-year fellowship with EY. EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Hamilton is the second faculty member in accounting to be named an EY fellow.
Eve Hanan (Law) presented her research on the implications of neuroplasticity in criminal sentencing decisions at the University of New Mexico School of Law in Albuquerque earlier this month.
Andrea Darby (Life Sciences) recently won first prize in the Science Slam competition at the 59th Annual Drosophila Research Conference in Philadelphia. The title of her spoken word piece was "Pet Project." She is an undergraduate student in her senior year.