Presentation: Austin Horng-En Wang
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) was invited by the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore to give a talk, titled "Taiwan’s 2024 Presidential Election: Explanation of Public Opinions and Implications," on September 13. In this talk, Wang analyzes the recent trend of emerging non-partisans in Taiwan since 2016,…
Appointment/Election: Michael Brown
Michael Brown (The Lincy Institute) was recently announced as The Lincy Institute's inaugural fellow. Brown will use his extensive public policy knowledge to assist in the institute's research efforts. Read the full announcement here.
Notable: Louisa Messenger, Katharine Major, Karen Figuero Chilito
Louisa Messenger, Katharine Major, and Karen Figueroa Chilito (all Public Health) were invited by United to Beat Malaria, a grassroots campaign of the United Nations Foundation, to represent the state of Nevada during their biannual Advocacy Day on September 14th.
On Advocacy Day, Messenger, Major, and Figueroa Chilito met with representatives of…
Presentation: Merika Charupoom, Kavita Batra, Max Gakh, William Sousa, William Porter, Bertille Mavegam, Courtney Coughenour, Deborah Kuhls
Merika Charupoom (Public Health), Kavita Batra, Max Gakh, William Sousa, William Porter, Bertille Mavegam, Courtney Coughenour, and Deborah Kuhls presented their study, "An analysis of Police Traffic Stops data dashboards to find the most effective data visualization technique and strategy," at the Nevada Public Health Association annual meeting.…
Published: Jungsun Kim, Mehmet Erdem, and Boran Kim
Sunny Kim, Mehmet Erdem, and Boran Kim (Hospitality) have published their second study about the trend of voice-AI enabled hotel rooms in the Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management. The study titled, "Hi Alexa, do hotel guests have privacy concerns with you?" examines the relationships among customer trust toward voice artificial…
Honors: Aidy Weeks, Stephanie Fell
Aidy Weeks (Libraries, Medicine) and Stephanie Fell (Libraries) were among a group awarded the 2023 Project of the Year by the Medical Library Association for their work on the Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies Project. Launched in 2020, this project became a catalyst for changes in racial/ethnic medical subject headings, created a new…
Published: Keith Rowley
Professor Keith Rowley (Law) was a co-author on the recently published Problems and Cases on Secured Transactions, Fourth Edition.
Published: Stephen Bates, Journalism & Media Studies
Stephen Bates (Journalism and Media Studies) published "Climatotherapy and the Influx of the Ill." The newspaper article recounts the late-19th-century migration of ailing Easterners to Southern California, lured by doctors' claims that the "salubrious" climate could cure disease. Some dissenting doctors, however, argued that an…
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