Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole and Linh Nguyen, Ph.D., MPH, (both Dental) co-authored “Gingival transcriptomic patterns of macrophage polarization during initiation, progression, and resolution of periodontitis,” which published March 24 in the journal Clinical and Experimental Immunology. Phenotypic and functional heterogeneity of macrophages is clearly a…

Shanna Kinzel, associate director of the UNLV Student Union and Conference and Event Services, a Division of Student Affairs, was awarded the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Values Award during the annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts. The ACUI Values Award is presented to college union professionals who uphold the ACUI…

Darcy Del Bosque and Lateka Grays (both Libraries) have been selected as the recipients of the Libraries' 2023 Spring Inspirational Customer Service Award. They were nominated for providing excellent customer service to library patrons in a variety of ways through their role in expanding the creative activity and reach of Lied Library's Makerspace…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published a co-authored article, "Mediation Analysis of Conspiratorial Thinking and Anti-Expert Sentiments on Vaccine Willingness," in Health Psychology, along with 120 coauthors. This article analyzes a survey across 137 countries and 40 languages (n = 15740) on political trust and vaccine…

Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) and Jorge E. Gonzalez (University of Houston) recently published, "Content Literacy: Integrating Social Studies and Language," as part of the Handbook on the Science of Early Literacy.

Michelle Turk (History) published a book review of Outback Nevada: Real Stories from the Silver State by John M. Glionna. Turk's review will appear in the fall 2023 print edition of the Western Historical Quarterly.

Chelsea Heinbach (Libraries) has been named to the Library Journal's 2023 Movers & Shakers list as an Innovator. She was selected for her work with the Librarian Parlor (aka LibParlor) a platform for library workers and LIS students to ask questions, discuss issues, and share expertise on developing, pursuing, and publishing library…

Arpita Basu, Ph.D., MPH, RD/LD (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) in collaboration with USF on a NIH study, recently published a research paper in the Public Health Nutrition journal titled, "Ultra-processed food consumption and obesity indicators in individuals with and without type 1 diabetes mellitus: A longitudinal analysis of the…

Vishvaas Ravikumar and Jacob Berkowitz (both School of Medicine Class of 2023), under the mentorship of clinical assistant professor Dr. Ramalingam Ratnasabapathy (Medicine) presented their clinical vignette, “Novel Presentation of B-ALL in a Patient in Remission from ALL”, at the ACP National Conference 2023 in San Diego. They qualified as both…