Jennifer Culley, Annette Day, Cory Tucker, and Andrea Wirth (all Libraries) recently presented at the virtual Charleston Library Conference 2020. They presented the paper, "Change is Constant: Managing and Evolving Acquisitions Environment". Cully also presented a poster, "Overview of the Future of…
Kayleigh Meighan (Anthropology) won runner-up for the national “Raising Our Voices” three-minute thesis competition of the American Anthropological Association where she presented her research on co-sleeping mothers and infants in the U.S. She is a doctoral student. Alyssa Crittenden (Anthropology…
Sanae El Ibrahimi (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and colleagues from Comagine Health, Brigham and Women's, and Massachusetts General Hospital published a manuscript "Ambulance Calls for Substance-Related Issues Before and After COVID-19" in the journal of Prehospital Emergency Care. They found…
Marla Royne Stafford (Hospitality) is the co-author of an article, “Determining Uses and Gratifications for the Internet,” that ranks as the #4 most downloaded paper in the 50-year history of the Decision Science Journal — a top journal in the decision sciences field. Originally…
Ann M. Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) recently published a paper on "Flame Retardants and Neurodevelopment: an Updated Review of Epidemiological Literature" that was published in Current Epidemiology Reports.
Flame retardant (FR) compounds can adversely impact neurodevelopment.…
Kavita Batra, Jennifer Pharr, John O. Olawepo, and Patricia Cruz (all Public Health) published an article on "Understanding the Multidimensional Trajectory of Psychosocial Maternal Risk Factors Causing Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review" in the Asian Journal of Psychiatry.
Among all…
Sapira Cheuk (Art) created an online exhibition on Instagram @unlvtheear, the department of art's Instagram page. Titled Here I am/Here We Are, multiple posts this week focus on first-generation experience and first-generation creatives in the UNLV community. Online, you'll see …
Ashley Hairston Doughty (Art), along with public art consultant Mark Salinas, worked with the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) to design signage that would effectively educate the public about social distancing and safe transit riding practices at their main transit…
Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) presented a virtual poster called "Contemplative Practices and Later Life Memory Among Women" at the Gerontological Society of America's Annual Scientific Meeting. This study looked at the effect of contemplative practices (like meditation and yoga) on episodic and working…
Francesca Marineo (Libraries) presented a talk, Supporting Students Through a Flexible Instruction Model During a Pandemic and Beyond, at the Distance Library Services Conference. The conference provides a rich forum to discuss, demonstrate, and champion the techniques, trends, and…
Cida de Aragon (Art) received an honorable mention in the Minimalist Photography Awards International Contest for her photograph, "Everyone's a Winner." She is an MFA student in art.
Ann M. Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) recently published an article on the "Effects of β-Carotene Intake on the Risk of Fracture: a Bayesian Meta-Analysis" in the journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. The authors conducted a meta-analysis to investigate the association between β-…