Kelly Tseng (Life Sciences) was an invited speaker at the 2019 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Anaheim, California. Her talk, "A Lot of Nerve! Evolutionary Mechanisms of Neural Regeneration," presented her laboratory group's recent research studies on vertebrate…
Soumya Upadhyay and Kimberly Tomas (both Public Health) together presented the following papers at the 2019 American Public Health Association annual meeting:
Hospital cultural competence and financial performance.
Impact of perceived patient provider communication quality and perceived…
Kate Korgan (Graduate College) has accepted a two-year term on the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) Advancement Advisory Committee. This committee — comprised of deans from around the country — advises on the development of advancement priorities and strategies for meeting its goals, facilitates…
Yasmina Chavez (Art) will be exhibiting at the East Las Vegas Library until April 21. Her exhibit, "The Suchness of Light," is a presentation of abstract images that are self-referential and non-representational. As opposed to the photography we are most familiar with, which is light bouncing…
Angela Amar (Nursing) recently published an article, "An Introductory Nursing Class to Engage Undergraduate Generation Z Prenursing Students" in the journal Nurse Educator. The article describes an introductory nursing course as part of a multifaceted strategy to engage pre-nursing college…
Amanda Melilli (Libraries) did a pair of presentations at the 2019 American Association of School Librarians National Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.
Along with colleagues Alicia Abdul and Kate Cointree, Melilli presented “That’s Not Real Reading: Making the Case for Graphic Novel…
Hyelin Kim (Hospitality) and her co-authors' paper, "Bottom-up Theory of Life Satisfaction by Running Event Participants," was published in E-review of Tourism Research. The study examined the quality of life of long- and short-distance runners.
Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology) and colleagues published an article, "Maternal Educational Attainment and Child Health in the United States," in the American Journal of Health Promotion.
Pearl C. Kim, Chris R. Cochran, Sungyoun Chun and Jay J. Shen (all Health Care Administration and Policy), Ji Won Yoo (Medicine), and Seong-Min Park (Criminal Justice) recently published an article on "Trends and Associated Factors of Use of Opioid, Heroin, and Cannabis among Patients for…
John Starkey (Business) taught a section of BUS 103 - First Year Seminar: Business Connections during the fall semester that raised more than $5,000 for charity. Additionally, each student did several hours of community service for a variety of organizations. The non-profit organizations that…
Elizabeth Stacy (Life Sciences) and collaborators Michael Purugganan and Jae Young Choi (New York University) published a paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, "Divergent Selection and Primary Gene Flow Shape Incipient Speciation of a Riparian Tree on Hawaii Island." This work uses…
Krystal Ramirez (Art) has an exhibit, I Was Happy Then, at the Whitney Library in Las Vegas. Her work moves from photography to text and engages themes of race, gender, identity, and labor.