David Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post, "Public Speaking: What You Need to Succeed (Part I)," on the popular Ombuzz blog about how to be effective at public speaking. The blog, which focuses on leadership and conflict management issues, is geared towards a wide audience.

Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology), Samantha John (Brain Health), and Tirth Bhatta (Sociology) published an article, "Urbanicity and Cognitive Functioning in Later Life," in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.

Karl Kingsley, Ching Shen, Justin Simpson, Brigham Clawson, and Steven Lam (all Dental) recently published "Prevalence of Oral Pathogen Slackia exigua among Clinical Orthodontic and Non-Orthodontic Saliva Samples" in the most recent issue of Microorganisms.  

UNLV Down Syndrome Program Director Dr. Kate Martin (Medicine) published her capstone paper in instructional design, titled, "Building an Infrastructure for Down Syndrome Care." The paper focuses on the current efforts of the Down Syndrome Program to meet the healthcare needs of people with Down syndrome and their families. 

Nicholas Irwin (Economics) was recently interviewed by KTNV-Las Vegas and the East Bay Times about the potential relocation of the Oakland A's and the associated economic impacts.

Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) presented two multi-institution collaborative sessions during the recent American Dental Education Association Annual Meeting. Her first presentation titled "New Dental Specialties Are Possible: Oral Medicine, Orofacial Pain and Dental Anesthesiology" examined the results of a student and faculty survey distributed to…

The office of undergraduate research (OUR) held its Spring 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium on Friday, April 28, 2023, featuring 222 undergraduate researchers who presented 134 co-/authored research projects in different formats, reflecting different research stages. This semester, 44 CCSD high school student co-authors presented with UNLV…

Amanda Haboush-Deloye and M. Amaris Knight (both Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy) published a paper on "Healthy Foods in Convenience Stores: Benefits, Barriers, and Best Practices" in the journal Health Promotion Practice.  This study aimed to identify which healthy foods consumers would like to see offered in convenience…

Dr. Gregory Brown, M.D., (Psychiatry; Medicine) published an article in the 5-PATH International Association of Hypnosis Professionals Journal, Vol. 33, Spring: "Psychiatric Medications and Hypnosis." The article reviews major medication classes used in psychiatry and their general lack of impairing the ability to enter the 6 levels of hypnotic…