Marina Colacicchi-Garber (World Languages and Cultures) wrote "The Werther Effect," an essay published in the Interpoezia literary magazine, New York. 

Susan Belliston (Nursing) successfully defended her doctoral dissertation. Her dissertation was "The Effect of Asynchronous Versus Synchronous Online Course Delivery on HESI Scores and Student Engagement for Rural Pre-Licensure Nursing Students."  

Angela Silvestri-Elmore (Nursing) received a grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration for $155,555. This is a school-based loan grant allowing UNLV to offer long-term, low-interest loans to full-time disadvantaged students who are pursuing nursing degrees. The grant makes up about 20 awards, each at more than $7,000 for…

Donovan Conley (Communication Studies) published an article, "Deliverance," in the international journal Communication and the Public. The essay is part of a special issue, "Ad/Dressing Civic Wounds," which began as a conference (March 2019) hosted by the department of communication studies in the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs. "…

Kevin Wright (Student Diversity & Social Justice) served as a panelist and presented on navigating tiered systems of professionalism while contributing to the development, functionality, and sustainability of professional associations. This presentation was part of the professional development initiative hosted by the Iota Upsilon…

Du Feng (Nursing) and coauthors recently published an article, "Reliability, Construct Validity, and Measurement Invariance of the PROMIS Physical Function 8b—Adult Short Form v2.0" in the journal Quality of Life Research. This study assessed the reliability, construct validity, and measurement invariance of a widely used PROMIS physical…

Robert Beohm (Mechanical Engineering) authored a chapter, "Large Scale Solar Power, Hydrogen Developments, and Building Applications of Solar," that appears in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) published Solar Energy Applications book, edited by K.R. Rao. Published earlier this year, it is the first volume in the new …

Ruby Nugent (Libraries) was featured in the BMJ Insider’s Newsletter, a quarterly email publication, written for North American health sciences librarians. Launched in 2016, this newsletter provides insight on a range of topics including: industry intelligence (good-to-know research and publishing developments), marketing tips for…

Jeff Schauer (History) recently discussed his new-ish book, Wildlife between Empire and Nation in Twentieth-Century Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) on the New Book Network. The book explores colonial and national era wildlife policy in eastern and central Africa.