John Curry (History) gave an invited, virtual honorary lecture to the Religious Studies Center and the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Arkansas last month. The lecture, "The Formation and Contemporary Prospects of Islamic Mysticism," reached a wide public audience of around 100 attendees via Zoom.

Kevin Wright (Student Diversity & Social Justice) received the National Financial Educators Day Award. This award recognizes those individuals who are working to improve the financial capabilities of people in their communities. Financial Educators Day launched in 2014 and takes place the last Friday of April (Financial Literacy…

Boo Shan Tseng, Melissa Schofield, Erin Cassin, and Daniela Rodriguez (all Life Sciences), and Amanda Kidman (Online Education), with co-authors Drs. Elizabeth Campbell (Rockefeller University) and Peter Jorth (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) have published a primary research article titled, "The anti-sigma factor MucA is required for viability in…

Paul Werth (History) presented aspects of his current research on the history of the world's longest border—that of the Russian Empire and the USSR—at the Universities of Illinois (March) and Michigan (April).

Steven Pallazzo (Nursing) and co-author Gordon Lee Gillispie had his article "Violence should not be part of the job" published by American Nurse. The prevalence of workplace violence (WPV) by patients and visitors is increasing. It’s particularly pervasive in emergency and psychiatric departments, but it also occurs in medical/surgical and…

Samuel Song (Counselor Education, School Psychology, & Human Services; CSH) was recently recognized for having the top two, most-read articles (~8,500 combined) in the School Psychology Review (SPR; official journal of the National Association of School Psychologists) -- one as coauthor and one as first-author.      …

Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) had an article published by the U.S. Library of Congress has part of its National Recording Registry. This program honors 25 recordings each year that showcase "the range and diversity of American recorded sound heritage." The Registry pursues this aim by preserving original media, making digital versions of these…

Nathalie Martinez (Anthropology, World Languages and Cultures, Honors College) presented her paper "'Our language do not die, they are killed': Indigenismo and its Effects on Indigenous Language Revitalization" at the Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium at Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts & Sciences.…

John Olawepo and Babayemi Olakunde (both 2020 UNLV School Public Health PhD graduates) along with Jennifer Pharr and Chad Cross (both Environmental and Occupational Health) and their Nigerian colleagues recently published the article "Changes in Body Mass Index Among Antiretroviral Therapy Naïve People Living with HIV in Southeastern Nigeria…