Katherine Marcal (Social Work) published an article, "Demographic and Socioeconomic Predictors of Behavioral Trajectories from Age 3 to 15: A Longitudinal Mixed Effects Approach," in the Journal of Child and Family Studies. This study used a large, nationally representative sample of at-risk…
David Damore (Political Science), Robert Lang (Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute), and Karen Danielsen (Public Policy and Leadership) published Blue Metros, Red States: The Shifting Urban-Rural Divide in America's Swing States (Brookings Institution Press). The book, which includes…
Five School of Nursing undergraduate students, Vanessa Baragan, Kyle Soto, Alexandria Fuzzard, Iris Martinez, and Karen Nava, and one alumna, Heather Shawcross, ('20 BSN) were recognized as Rising Stars at the Nevada Nurses Foundation's Shining Stars of Nursing in Nevada gala. The students were…
Su Kim Chung (Libraries) was interviewed for the recent Vegas PBS documentary "The Showgirl: A Las Vegas Icon." She will be giving a presentation, "History and Legacy of the Las Vegas Showgirl," for the Rebel Recharge Webinar series. Also, her work as a "showgirl archivist" was the…
Tiffany Lin (Art) has a solo exhibit at Spring Valley Library until Dec. 20. Her project, "24 VIEWS, " is a drawing series and social practice project that investigates the United States Census and its impact on American identity. Through drawings based on publicly available Census data, the…
Emily Budd (Art) is included in "Future-Ready: Survival Now + Next," a virtual exhibition hosted by the Anchorage Museum in Alaska. "Future Ready" was an open call for images, ideas, words, and inventions as well as survival manuals or proposals for constructions and installations — all for future…
Stephanie Schnorr (Anthropology) published an invited piece, "Insights into Health and Disease from Ancient Biomolecules," in the recent themed issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Biological Sciences. Her contribution was highlighted in the editorial to the special issue…
Ann M. Vuong (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) recently published an article, "Ornithine and Breast Cancer: A Matched Case–Control Study" in the journal Scientific Reports. Breast cancer is a major public health problem worldwide as it remains the most common malignancy among females. In this…
Courtney Coughenour, Maxim Gakh, Jennifer R. Pharr (all Environmental & Occupational Health), Timothy Bungum (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), and Sharon Jalene (Kinesiology) recently published an article on "Changes in Depression and Physical Activity Among College Students on a Diverse…
Dr. Christina Demopoulos, Dr. Flora Phipps, Dr. Marcia Ditmyer, and Dr. Lily T. Garcia (all Dental) accepted invitations to speak during the 2020 Nevada Public Health Association Annual (Virtual) Conference, which was themed Creating the Healthiest Nevada: Putting Prevention into Practice. Dr…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) launched a free, Spanish-language, virtual pre-college philosophy course entitled "Filosofía Infantil Sin Fronteras," with the support of a Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Fellowship. She was interviewed by Telemundo Las Vegas about the project as well.
Kavita Batra and Manoj Sharma (both Environmental & Occupational Health) have published a commentary entitled, "Alcohol consumption in COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for alcohol education" in the August 2020 issue of the Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education in association with…