Sutirtha Chatterjee, Andrew Hardin, and Greg Moody (all Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) co-authored a paper, "The Nonlinear Influence of Harmonious Information Technology Affordance on Organizational Innovation," that has been accepted by the Information Systems Journal (ISJ). ISJ is an A journal on the LEE SARS journal list.…

Tiffany Lin (Art) has a solo exhibit at Spring Valley Library until Dec. 20. Her project, "24 VIEWS, " is a drawing series and social practice project that investigates the United States Census and its impact on American identity. Through drawings based on publicly available Census data, the project demonstrates how shifting definitions of race,…

Kristian Thymianos (Political Science, Brookings Mountain West, and The Lincy Institute) recently had their op-ed, "Nation Critically Needs More Women in Leadership" published in the Las Vegas Sun. In their piece, Thymianos discusses the underrepresentation of women in politics and the crucial role they play in "addressing…

Robert Lang (Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute), William Brown (Brookings Mountain West), and David Damore (Political Science) gave the plenary address "Economic Impacts of COVID-19 and Nevada's Roadmap to Economic Recovery" at the American Planning Association, Nevada Chapter 2020 State Conference.  The presentation focused on…

Emily Budd (Art) is included in "Future-Ready: Survival Now + Next," a virtual exhibition hosted by the Anchorage Museum in Alaska. "Future Ready" was an open call for images, ideas, words, and inventions as well as survival manuals or proposals for constructions and installations — all for future readiness, whether practical, imaginative, or…

Chad Scott (Teaching and Learning) is exhibiting work in two group shows that center on the current election cycle. His installation, "Proposal for a Presidential Portrait for the National Portrait Gallery," is exhibiting in "A Political Romp," an invited group show featuring 20 artists from around the U.S., at the Priscilla Fowler Fine Art…

Francisco Menendez (Film) recently won the CILECT Teaching Award for 2020. The inauguration will be held online at the organization's general assembly Nov. 13. The non-profit association known as the Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision (CILECT) was formed at Cannes in May 1955, with the participation of…

Thomas Padilla (Libraries) is the recipient of the School of Information Sciences at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Alumni Association's Leadership Award, which is given to an alum who has graduated in the past 10 years and shown leadership in the field. Padilla is the interim head of knowledge production in the…

Stephanie Schnorr (Anthropology) published an invited piece, "Insights into Health and Disease from Ancient Biomolecules," in the recent themed issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Biological Sciences. Her contribution was highlighted in the editorial to the special issue as providing a "groundbreaking perspective" that…