Accomplishments: Women's Council
Kelly Tseng, Cindy Kha, and Dylan Guerin (all Life Sciences) published a research article, "Using the Xenopus Developmental Eye Regrowth System to Distinguish the Role of Developmental Versus Regenerative Mechanisms," in the journal Frontiers in Physiology. This study addressed the role of developmental mechanisms in…
Kathryn Houk (Libraries) has been nationally recognized by the Medical Library Association for earning the Level 1 Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) certificate. Earning a CHIS certificate shows commitment to offering quality consumer health information services and to staying current with developments in consumer health…
Mark Lenker, Francesca Marineo, and John Watts (all Libraries) recently presented at LOEX 2019 in Minneapolis.
Marineo presented a session titled Beyond the Shallows: Motivating Students to Dive Headfirst into the Vast Information Ocean.
Watts presented Building a Philosophy for Emerging Research Services with Joshua Vossler…
Margarita Jara (World Languages and Cultures) co-authored “The Microvariation of the Spanish Perfect in Three Varieties” with Paz Gonzalez and Carmen Kleinherenbrink (both of Leiden University), which appears in Isogloss, a journal on variation on Romance and Iberian languages. This study investigates the variability in the use of the preterit…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) recently published Collaboration in Childcare Setting: Using Teaming to Support Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities in the latest issue from the Division for Early Childhood Recommended Practices Monograph Series. Based upon her research and professional experiences, this…
Elizabeth Stacy and Tomoko Sakishima (both Life Sciences) authored a paper in press for the Journal of Biogeography, "Phylogeography of the Highly Dispersible Landscape-dominant Woody Species Complex, Metrosideros, in Hawaii." They carried out a population genetic analysis of >1,500 adults of Hawaii's dominant tree from across the…
Brooks Whittaker, Sarah Jones, and Cyndi Shein (all Libraries) presented at the Society of California Archivists Annual General Meeting.
Whittaker presented the poster “Hide and Seek: Uncovering and Assessing Audiovisual Materials."
Jones joined archivists from UC Berkeley in presenting the panel “Still Taking Stock and Making Hay: Practical…
Ranita Ray (Sociology) is the author of the book The Making of a Teenage Service Class: Poverty and Mobility in an American City, which recently was selected as a finalist for the prestigious 2019 C. Wright Mills Book Award from The Society for the Study of Social Problems. Her book is one of five finalists out of a pool of nearly 80…
Jennifer J. Reed (Sociology) appeared in a story for Earth Day, "Las Vegas Ecosexuals Married the Earth in a Nevada Wedding Ceremony." Reed's dissertation research examines the development of the ecosexual movement, including use of performance art weddings to non-human nature elements as a tactic to reframe human relationships to nature as an…
The Campus Life Achievement awards were held May 7 in the Student Union Ballroom. These awards span the different values of the Campus LifeCluster including Social Justice, student and staff development, student engagement, economic viability, infrastructure, academic impact, assessment, and recognition.
This year’s award winners are:…
Barb Brents (Sociology) was quoted in Marketplace from American Public Radio in an online article "Sex Workers Say Anti-Trafficking Law Fuels Inequality" by Rose Conlon.
Guogen Shan and Carolee Dodge Francis (both Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored an article in Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science titled "Exact Unconditional Tests for Dichotomous Data When Comparing Multiple Treatments With a Single Control."