Donald Price and Elizabeth Stacy (Life Sciences), along with a previous graduate student and colleagues from the USDA-ARS in Hawaii and at Eastern Mennonite University, published an article in the March issue of Scientific Reports titled "Phenotypic Disruption of Cuticular Hydrocarbon Production in…
Dr. Syed F. Saquib, Dr. Deborah A. Kuhls, and Samantha Slinkard-Barnum (all Medicine) published an article, "Pediatric Burn Care: How Burn Camps Survived and Thrived During the Coronavirus Pandemic," in Journal of Burn Care & Research.
Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute) and Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues from the Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School recently published a paper, "Examining Responsible Gambling Program Awareness and Engagement Trends and Relationships with Gambling Beliefs and…
Nevada Beta, the UNLV chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED), sent several members, including those serving on its executive board, to the Biennial AED National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. AED is a national health pre-professional honor society. At the conference the chapter earned awards and…
Elizabeth Johnson and Sheetal Survase (both Academic Success Center Advising Center) recently presented at the 2022 Region 9 NACADA Conference in Orange, California. Their presentation was titled "Coping During COVID-19: Examining Advising Effectiveness in Relation to an Advisor's Work…
Vanessa Marie Booth (Political Science, The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West) has been selected to receive the 2022 Sam Lieberman Regents’ Scholar Award, announced this month by NSHE. Administered by the NSHE Board of Regents, the scholarship is awarded to only nine students — one…
Roberta Sabbath (English), Cathy Allen, (Dance), and Shahab Zargari (Fine Arts) will be speaking at the 2022 Conney Jews and the Arts about the interdisciplinary project Shoah Survivor Choreographic Collaboration: A Docudance Film Exploring the Memories of Four Holocaust…
LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) opened the National Gamma Beta Phi Conference, which was held virtually, with a general session, “True Colors: How Do You Learn and Lead." Montoya is a nationally certified “True Colors” facilitator and has presented…
Jacquee De Jesus (Academic Success Center Advising Center) recently presented at the 2022 Region 9 NACADA Conference in Orange, California. Her presentation was titled "The IROH Approach to Academic Advising: Providing Mentorship and Guidance." She and her co-presenter, Derek Furukawa from the…
Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, Aldo Barrita, and Anthony King (all Psychology) recently published an article, "Perceived Everyday Discrimination Explains Internalized Racism during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Asians." Findings indicated that Asians experienced more internalized racism and perceived…
Tiffany Schmier (Academic Success Center Advising Center) and Nicole Stella (Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education) recently presented at the 2022 Region 9 NACADA Conference in Orange, California. Their presentation was titled "Identity Theory 101: Using Identity Theory to Support…
Brenna Renn (Psychology) was awarded a Developmental Research Project grant from the Nevada INBRE, funded by the National Institutes of Health IDeA Network of Biomedical Research. This two-year project, "Task Sharing to Expand Access to Mental Health Services," will develop and test a…