John M. Bowers (English) delivered two invited lectures at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville this month:  "Tolkien as a Chaucerian: The Reeve's Tale" and "Tolkien's Lectures on The Pardoner's Tale."  The lectures were sponsored by the university's Honors College with support from the Walton Trust. 

Hyunhwa Lee (Nursing) presented "A Pilot Methylated DNA Immunoprecipitation Sequencing: Hypermethylation of the Death-associated Protein 3 (DAP3) in Fibromyalgia Associated with Child Abuse History among African American Females" during the 25th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics. The pilot study identified genome-wide DNA methylation markers…

Eve Hanan (Law) was appointed by Gov. Brian Sandoval to serve as a commissioner on the Nevada State Juvenile Justice Oversight Commission, established by AB 472 (2017) to improve juvenile justice outcomes in Nevada. The commission is tasked with selecting and adopting best practices for assessments and interventions and implementing standardized…

LaToya Burdiss, Erin Farrar, Arthur Hockwald, Steven Kinsey, Jannelvy Martinez, Sarah Repman, and Timothy Toepfer (all Campus Recreational Services) recently presented at the 2017 National Intramural & Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Conference in San Diego. The purpose of the conference is to share and learn about the latest trends in…

Daniel Benyshek (Anthropology) and Sharon Young (Anthropology and Undergraduate Research) and colleagues published the first clinical trial exploring the effects of human maternal placentophagy, the practice of eating one's placenta after giving birth. The study, which was published online in the journal Women and Birth Nov. 23, was covered…

Michael Briones, Shilpa Daulat, Crystal Dickson, Diana Pena and Cameron Sarabi (all Medicine) took top honors in competition at Nevada Population Health Conference. The first-year medical students impressed a panel of medical and legal professionals with their poster, "A Systematic Approach to Coordinating Medical and Legal Services for Uninsured…

Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) recently published a law review article, "The Professional Prospectus: A Call for Effective Professional Disclosure," in the Washington and Lee Law Review. That law review is one of top 40 in the nation. The article addresses the need to improve markets for professional services.  He also published an op-ed piece in…

Michelle Light (Libraries) was selected to participate in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership Fellows program. The 2018-19 cohort consists of 30 individuals from university research libraries across the country. The program facilitates the development of future senior-level leaders in large research libraries and archives…

Alain Bengochea (Educational & Clinical Studies) attended the Literacy Research Association (LRA) conference and presented at two paper sessions focusing on vocabulary instruction and sociodramatic play.  The vocabulary-focused content analysis titled "English Learners' Opportunities for Developing Vocabulary Knowledge in a CCSS Core…