Accomplishments: Women's Council
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 memory.
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 theories of providing library services at a distance 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-carotene intake and risk of fracture. They …
Cory Lampert (Libraries) was part of a tutorial presentation, "Designing for Labor Equity," during the 2020 Digital Library Federation Forum & Learn@DLF. As one of the members of the Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded "Collective Responsibility: National Forum on Labor Practices for Grant-Funded Digital Positions"…
Aurora Holloway (Public Health) presented the poster "Temporal Analysis of Firearm Homicide Mortality by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Nevada, 1999-2017" at the (virtual) American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. This work was co-authored by Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health). Holloway is a master's…
Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute) and colleagues Sally Gainsbury and Alex Blaszczynski of the University of Sydney in Australia published an article in New Frontiers in Psychiatry about in-play betting behaviors and gambling problems.
Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy), presented an invited (virtual) talk, "It Could've Been Beef: Meat Eating, Moral Responsibility, and COVID-19" for Utah State University's philosophy department. The talk was sponsored by the USU Philosophy Club.
Melva Thompson-Robinson, Jennifer Pharr, Marya Shegog (all Public Health) and Sandra Owens, along with Philip Danquah (Public Health alumni) presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo on the topic: HIV risk behaviors associated with the willingness to take PrEP among young university students in the…
Ashley Hairston Doughty and Lance Smith (Art) are included in an online exhibition, "Skin in the Game," at Palos Verdes Art Center in California, curated by Brent Holmes. The exhibition includes artists from various backgrounds who are committed to the cause of racial justice. The exhibition also features UNLV almni Karla Lagunas,…
Dr. Neamat Hassan and Dr. Hassan Ziada (both Dental) co-authored "The Impact of Impression Coping Geometrical Design on Accuracy of Implant Impressions: An Experimental Study," which appeared this month in the International Journal of Implant Dentistry. The study evaluated the effect of implant impression coping geometrical designs on the accuracy…
Sol Martinez (Music) was featured in a National Urban Indian Family Coalition national campaign ad urging Indigenous people to vote. A sophomore, she is a member of the UNLV Native American Student Association and has roots in several Indigenous groups: Las Vegas Paiute, Moapa Paiute, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Creek, as well as Durango, Mexico.