Katelin Gilbertson (The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West, Economics) recently had her OpEd, "Nevada’s Broken Unemployment System Must be Fixed — Now," published in the Las Vegas Sun. Gilbertson discusses the need for Nevada to craft concrete solutions to address the failures …
Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute) spoke with Mark Johnson (University of Sydney) on the subject of gamblification in video game streaming platforms as part of the University of Sydney's Gather Series. The session is available to view on demand.
Dieu-My Tran, Barbara St. Pierre Schneider (both Nursing), and Graham McGinnis (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) co-authored "Circadian Rhythms in Sudden Cardiac Arrest: A Review".
Mary Blankenship (The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West, Economics, Chemistry) recently had a report published in the Brookings Institution blog, Up Front. The piece, Assessing the Social and Emotional Costs of Mass Shootings with Twitter Data, analyzes emoji and hashtag usage on Twitter…
Drs. Christine Fayad, Ravisha Bai, Amber Champion, and Kenneth Izuora (all Medicine) published two clinical vignette abstracts, "Ovarian Hyperthecosis: Hyperandrogenism In a Post-Menopausal Woman" and "Do Not Miss MEN 1 Screening in Patients Presenting with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor," that…
John Tuman, Tiffiany Howard, David Damore, and Nerses Kopalyan (all Political Science) are the coauthors of the recent book Latinos in Nevada: A Political, Economic, and Social Profile (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2021). Publication of the book was supported by a grant from Nevada Humanities…
Lynn Comella (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was one of eight fellows selected for the 2021-22 class at the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement. She will receive funding to further the national conversation regarding freedom of expression…
Michelle Tusan (History) gave two interviews on President Biden’s recognition of the Armenian genocide — one for the Indian Express, Mumbai and the other for Radio, Seoul, South Korea.
Heather Dahl (Counselor Education, School Psychology, & Human Services), Tina Vo (Teaching & Learning), and Margarita Huerta (Early Childhood, Multilingual, & Special Education) recently published an article, "Using a Science Literacy Lens to Conceptualize Anxiety around…
Susan McLennon (Nursing) was competitively selected for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2021-22 cohort for the Elevating Leaders in Academic Nursing Program. This fellowship helps develop and improve leadership skills in nurse academic leaders.
Samantha Godbey (Libraries) has been elected vice chair/chair-elect of the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries. With this three-year appointment, she will become chair-elect in July 2021, chair in July 2022, and past-chair in July…
John Starkey (Business), Savannah Baltera (Campus Life), Amy Carito (Business Affairs), Amber Sevart (Student Engagement and Diversity), and Liane Lee (Alumni) headed an awareness and fundraising event in April on behalf of the Administrative Faculty Committee that benefited the local nonprofit…