Michael Brown (The Lincy Institute) was recently announced as The Lincy Institute's inaugural fellow. Brown will use his extensive public policy knowledge to assist in the institute's research efforts. Read the full announcement here.

Louisa Messenger, Katharine Major, and Karen Figueroa Chilito (all Public Health) were invited by United to Beat Malaria, a grassroots campaign of the United Nations Foundation, to represent the state of Nevada during their biannual Advocacy Day on September 14th. On Advocacy Day, Messenger, Major, and Figueroa Chilito met with representatives of…

Merika Charupoom (Public Health), Kavita Batra, Max Gakh, William Sousa, William Porter, Bertille Mavegam, Courtney Coughenour, and Deborah Kuhls presented their study, "An analysis of Police Traffic Stops data dashboards to find the most effective data visualization technique and strategy," at the Nevada Public Health Association annual meeting.…

Sunny Kim, Mehmet Erdem, and Boran Kim (Hospitality) have published their second study about the trend of voice-AI enabled hotel rooms in the Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management. The study titled, "Hi Alexa, do hotel guests have privacy concerns with you?" examines the relationships among customer trust toward voice artificial…

Aidy Weeks (Libraries, Medicine) and Stephanie Fell (Libraries) were among a group awarded the 2023 Project of the Year by the Medical Library Association for their work on the Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies Project. Launched in 2020, this project became a catalyst for changes in racial/ethnic medical subject headings, created a new…

Professor Keith Rowley (Law) was a co-author on the recently published Problems and Cases on Secured Transactions, Fourth Edition. 

Stephen Bates (Journalism and Media Studies) published "Climatotherapy and the Influx of the Ill." The newspaper article recounts the late-19th-century migration of ailing Easterners to Southern California, lured by doctors' claims that the "salubrious" climate could cure disease. Some dissenting doctors, however, argued that an…

Sonal Shah (Dental) accepted an invitation by the American Dental Association to co-present a national oral pathology continuing education course titled, "Beyond the Smile: Exploring Oral Pathology for Dental Professionals." The three-hour webinar focused on performing comprehensive extra-oral and intra-oral exams, diagnosis and treatment of…

Becky Lorig (OIT) was a member of the SAS Hackaton team, which won a regional award for their work on Data-Driven Strategies for Combating Modern-Day Slavery. They are also presenting at the SAS Explore conference at the ARIA Resort & Casino, Sept. 11-14. Here is a brief from the conference session: Cracking the (Supply) Chains: Data-…