John Starkey (Business) just graduated from the 10-month Chamber of Commerce leadership program, Leadership Las Vegas. Out of the 60-person 2018 class, he was one of the two youngest members, both age 30.   "Leadership Las Vegas is the premier community leadership building program in Southern Nevada, designed for executives and…

Kendra Gage (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) delivered a paper, "Rising as They Fall: Women of the NAACP," at the 1968 in the Americas: Impact, Legacies and Memory, which was held at the University College London Institute of the Americas. The presentation examined African-American women who led the NAACP during a transitional…

Tricia Gatlin (Nursing) has been selected by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to participate as a Fellow in the 2018 Leadership for Academic Nursing Program. The year-long leadership program is designed for those who have experience in academic administration and aspire to more senior administrative or executive positions within the…

Jennifer Kawi (Nursing) and Dr. Barbara Atkinson (Medicine) accepted two-year appointments to the Nevada Office of Minority Health and Equity Advisory Committee. In their roles, they will work with fellow committee members to advise the office’s program manager about priorities and opportunities that influence health policy or systems.  …

Jay Shen, Jennifer Rice (both Healthcare Administration), Guogen Shan (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Joseph Greenway (Center for Health Information Analysis and Community Health Sciences), along with Olena Mazurenko from Indiana University, recently published a paper, “Nevada’s Medicaid Expansion and Admissions for Ambulatory…

Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) published an article on baseball, sabermetrics, and infrastructures of expertise in the journal Games and Culture. Statistical fandom is presented as a cultural infrastructure, which influences how all fans perceive the game of baseball, including what is valued in the game, how the game…

Won-Yong Oh (Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology) and his co-authors' paper "Experience-Based Human Capital or Fixed Paradigm Problem? CEO Tenure, Contextual Influences, and Corporate Social (Ir)responsibility" was published in the Journal of Business Research. This study examines the effect of CEO tenure on a firm's social outcomes —…

Sergio Salgado and Susanna Newbury (both Art) were involved in "Art and Public Lands," a panel discussion held at the Sahara West Library earlier this month. Salgado organized the event, which was moderated by Newbury. Panelists Sam Davis ('06 MFA Art), Fawn Douglas ('15 BA Art), Karla Lagunas ('17 BA Art), and Brent Holmes discussed interplay…

Jennifer Bonilla (Registrar and Health Care Administration) has been appointed by Gov. Brian Sandoval to the Board of Directors of the Public Employees' Benefits Program. Her appointment to serve NSHE employees and other Nevadans will run from July 1, 2018, to June 20, 2022.