Sue Wainscott (Libraries) wrote a book chapter, "A Biologist Adapts to Librarianship," that recently was published in the book Skills to Make a Librarian: Transferable Skills Inside and Outside of the Library by Dawn Lowe-Wincenten (editor). The book was published this year by Chandos Information Professional Series.  
Donovan Conley (Communication Studies) and some colleagues from the University of Colorado, Denver, Stephen Hartnett, Lisa Keranen, and Patrick Dodge, gave research talks to graduate students working in the areas of communication and cultural studies at Shenzhen University, China earlier this month. His talk was titled "Objects in Mirror are…
Dan Bubb (Honors) wrote an article, "Pushing the Boundaries: How Western American Airports Are Globally Connecting Their Cities in the Twenty-First Century," which appears in Journal of the West. The article examines the historic political, economic, and cultural roles airports play, along with commercial passenger planes, in helping connect…
Ruben Garcia (Law) was appointed by President Rudy Fichtenbaum of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) to the association's Committee on College and University Governance for a three-year term. Garcia attended the AAUP's annual meeting earlier this month as a voting member of the Nevada Faculty Alliance.
Tom Sommer (Libraries) participated in the panel last month at the 2015 Western Roundup, a joint conference of the Northwest Archivists, the Society of California Archivists, the Conference of Intermountain Archivists, and the Society of Rocky Mountain Archivists. The panel, "Tenure: Challenges and Strategies for Archivists," explored the benefits…
Terry Deem (Libraries) was the winner of the University Libraries' spring Inspirational Customer Service Award, which recognizes individual staff efforts to provide and/or support excellent customer service to library patrons. Her inspirational spirit, her work for the faculty orientation group, and her role in the student employment leadership…
Marcia Gallo (History) is the author of "No One Helped": Kitty Genovese, New York City, and the Myth of Urban Apathy, which was published in April. In this, her second book, Gallo examines one of America's most infamous true-crime stories: the 1964 rape and murder of Catherine "Kitty" Genovese in a middle-class neighborhood of Queens, New York.…
Cory Lampert and Silvia Southwick (both Libraries) have had a book chapter, "On the Brink of Linked Open Data: Evolving Workflows and Staff Expertise," recently published in the book Cutting-Edge Research in Developing the Library of the Future: New Paths for Building Future Services by Bradford Lee Eden (editor). The book was published this year…
Su Kim Chung (Libraries) earned her Ph.D in Information Studies from UCLA in March and will receive her doctoral hood this month at the UCLA graduation ceremony. Chung's dissertation, "'We Seek to Be Patient': Jeanne Wier and the Nevada Historical Society, 1904-1950," explores how Wier shaped a public historical culture in the state of Nevada.

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