Dr. Tanya Al-Talib (Dental) accepted an invitation by the University of Mosul College of Dentistry in Iraq to present “Adult Sleep Disordered Breathing: The Role of the Dentist” during a webinar July 9.

Dr. Antonina Capurro, Dr. Civon Gewelber, Shelley Williams, and Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole (all Dental) co-authored a poster, "Relationship between Plasma CRP and Fibrinogen Measured Using Dried Blood Samples and Vascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetes," that was presented during the American Diabetes Association 80th Scientific Sessions held (…

Sutirtha Chatterjee (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation) recently was appointed as a senior editor of the Information Systems Journal (ISJ). ISJ is an international journal promoting the study of, and interest in, information systems, and publishes articles about research, practice, experience, current issues, and debates.

Dieu-My T. Tran and Angela Sojobi (both Nursing) co-authored a new publication "Review of the Scientific Literature on Young Adults Related to Cardiovascular Disease Intervention." Sojobi is a graduate student.

Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) recently published an editorial in the Las Vegas Sun titled, "In Protecting Against COVID-19, It's Best to Take Our Mother's Advice," advocating for the use of masks or face coverings to decrease the impact of the epidemic.

Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) published an article on the Mazatec Indigenous use of hallucinogenic mushrooms in relation to the recent use of psychedelic substances for clinical use. The article, "Re-territorializing María Sabina: Huautla, Mushrooms, and Politics," is part of the Society of Cultural Anthropology Hot Spots Series on the…

Simon Jowitt (Geoscience) was featured in an Ars Technica article on the rare earth elements, covering demand for these elements that are critical for modern technology, green energy, and defense. The article highlights recent UNLV geoscience research on the geology and potential recycling of the rare earth elements, and how developments in this…

Caryll Batt Dziedziak (WRIN and History) has been awarded the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southwest Oral History Association (SOHA), having made outstanding levels of contributions to SOHA for many years. She was instrumental in establishing the institutional home for SOHA at UNLV in 2014, which provides SOHA with an institutional…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) co-authored the article "Analyzing Support for #TweetforTaiwan" on E-International Relations. This article analyzes the 40,000 tweets with #TweetforTaiwan hashtag in early May and reveals the online campaign collaboration among netizens from Taiwan, India, Thailand, the United States, and Hong…