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Professor Ben Edwards (Law) spoke at a recent CLE sponsored by the Nevada Bankers Association on using business entities in estate planning.

Professor Francine Lipman (Law) presented to the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys on The Looming Sunsetting of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. 

Associate professor Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) provided commentary on issues with new FAFSA implementation in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Last week, Secretary of Education Miguel A. Cardona released a letter to Federal Student Aid (FSA) staff which acknowledged the errors made and a need…

Booklist and School Library Journal recently published nice reviews of an illustrated nonfiction book for kids written by Jarret Keene (English) called Heroes of World War II: 25 True Stories of Unsung Heroes Who Fought for Freedom (Bushel & Peck Peck). Booklist says "this engaging book briefly describes 25 individuals (or groups) who were…

Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Erika Marquez, Samantha Smith, Tiana Tu (all Environmental and Occupational Health), and Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy) co-published an article titled, "Exploring the role of the social vulnerability index in understanding COVID-19 immunization rates,"…

Amber Sewell (Libraries) presented "Level up your instruction: Designing playful learning experiences with games-based learning and gamification" at the California Conference on Library Instruction. This workshop led teaching librarians through the process of considering which play-based strategies work best in different instructional…

Nataliyah Tahir, Sophie Ahmad, Kavita Batra, Ashok Gupta, and Kenneth E. Izuora (all Medicine) presented their study "Assessing the Relationship Between Bone Loss and Oral Health Among Post-menopausal Women" at the Annual Meeting of Endocrine Society 2024 held in Chicago. Tahir and Ahmad are medical students. 

Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with researchers from Italy, Turkey, Morocco, and Iran published a study "Social Media: Stress Factors or Coping Strategies? A Pilot Study in a Sample of Italian Teachers," in the Iranian Rehabilitation Journal (IRJ). This exploratory research explores the relationship between social media engagement and its…

Deanna Chea and Oscar Toro (both Medicine) are the winners of the 2024 American Family Physician Journal photo contest and will have the winning photo published in July’s edition. They will also receive an award at the AAFP National Convention in August.