Susanna Newbury (Art) has been elected vice chair of the Nevada Humanities Council, the Nevada affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities that supports humanities-based educational and cultural programs that articulate the Nevada experience, feature local culture and heritage, and facilitate the investigation of ideas that matter to the people of Nevada and their communities. Nevada Humanities' recent programming includes Severance Radio and Humanities Heart to Heart, a series of essays and multimedia presentations that reflect on the COVID-19 experience.