Sam Leif (Teaching and Learning) and colleagues presented "Exploring Gender Nonbinary Experiences through the Lens of the 7th HCI Grand Challenge: Reactions to the Categorization of Nonbinary Users in AI-Generated Online Advertising Profiles" at the Human-Computer Interaction International Conference. The presentation centered on the perspectives…

Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health) gave a virtual presentation on "Advancing Health Equity: Effective Strategies and Lessons Learned From HIV and COVID-19 Pandemics - From Local to Global" during the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's (CDC) seminar. The presentation aimed to describe the epidemiology and identify the…

Kavita Batra, has been selected to serve as Deputy Editor for Elsevier’s latest publication, Journal of Medicine, Surgery and Public Health. The newly launched journal will take a worldwide view of disease and health, encouraging submissions that look at priority problems and those that take a global, national, or regional…

Buddha Dawn (Medicine) was recently appointed as a member of the Nevada Chapter Council of the American College of Cardiology for a two-year term (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025). With 49,000 members, the American College of Cardiology is one of the largest organizations of cardiovascular professionals in the USA and globally. This appointment is a…

Stefano Boselli (Theatre) published his monograph Actor-Network Dramaturgies: The Argentines of Paris, which provides key critical tools to significantly broaden the readers’ perception of theatre and performance history. In line with posthuman thought, each chapter engages Actor-Network Theory and similar theories to reveal a comprehensive range…

Kathryn Houk (Libraries, Medicine) co-presented the webinar, "Drawn to Graphic Medicine: Bringing Comics into Medical Librarianship," for the Central NY Library Resources Council's 2nd annual Health @ CLRC Health Literacy Conference. The webinar focused on the roles of graphic medicine in health professions and educating the public, and…

Ph.D. candidate Sheetal Survase (Public Affairs) and Elizabeth Johnson (Liberal Arts, Academic Advising Center) published a research article titled, "Serving on the Front Lines of Higher Education: Exploring Advisors' Coping During COVID-19," in the NACADA Journal. This study examines the relationship between advisor work conditions and the…

John Haberstroh (History) led a round-table discussion on "Chatting about ChatGPT: Wisdom, Worries, and Warnings," which covered pedagogical strategies for Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association's annual meeting at CSU Northridge on Aug. 11, 2023. This discussion sought to clarify the…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) was invited by US Embassy in Singapore and Singapore Press Club to give a talk on misinformation and US-China relations on August 14. In this talk, Wang shared his recent findings on the effect of misinformation and fact-checks, and illustrated the conflict between the freedom of speech and…