Professor Kwang Kim (Mechanical Engineering) co-authored a paper titled, "Functionally antagonistic polyelectrolyte for electro-ionic soft actuator," in a recent issue of Nature Communications (2024)15:435.

Nicholas Barron (Anthropology) published an article titled, "The Politics of AAA in Action: From Pseudo to Epitomizing Events," in the History of Anthropology Review. This short piece discusses the most recent meeting of the American Anthropological Association while underscoring the importance of documenting the discipline's institutional history…

Alain Bengochea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published an article titled, "Effective vocabulary interventions for young emergent bilinguals: A best‐evidence synthesis," in Review of Education.  This best-evidence synthesis applied systematic study selection procedures and identified rigorously designed…

Dan Bubb (Honors College) was part of a panel that included Mark Hall Patton, retired director of the Clark County Heritage Museum, and consultant on the television show, Pawn Stars, and Rosemary Vasiliadis, director of Aviation in Clark County, celebrating 75 years of commercial aviation and Harry Reid International Airport (formerly…

Juliana Byzyka (Transportation Research Center) attended the 2024 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting on January 7-11 in Washington, D.C. TRB is one of the major program divisions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine with a global impact in the transportation field. It links engineers, scientists, and…

On January 11th, Christopher D. E. Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) presented on a panel on "Medical Reparations" at the University of California, Davis' African American Studies Winter Symposium on the theme of "Reimagining Repair." Willoughby's paper was titled "Learning from Human Remains: Medical Schools and the…

Celica Glenn Cosme, Philip Borsellino, Deanna Chea, Reese Krider, Nathan Rudig and Lisa Durette (all Medicine) published: "Prescribed psychotropic medication patterns among treated Foster Care enrollees: a single institution study."

Dr. Deborah Kuhl's (Medicine) work as a trauma surgeon and researcher is prominently is featured in a lengthy New York Times article about the disturbing increase in deaths and injuries from traffic crashes throughout the United States. The Times piece, "Why Are American Drivers So Deadly?" traces Kuhl's early career, operating on crash victims,…

Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored a chapter on "The Community-Engaged Research Process" that is featured in a newly published book, Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice. The book shows how community-engaged research makes unique contributions to environmental justice by centering…