Amanda Leverett (Public Health) presented at the general meeting for the Southern Nevada Breastfeeding Coalition. The title was Feeding Your Baby-Resources to Support Complementary Feeding. Leverett created a series of three handouts under NACCHO funding that address topics supporting the critical stage of introducing solid foods to infants.…

Wendy Chen (English) published her debut novel Their Divine Fires (Algonquin, May 7, 2024), which received a starred Kirkus review that called the work a "poignant, impressive debut." 

Professor Nachman Gutowski (Law) was awarded the Association of Academic Support Educators 2024 Outstanding Scholar Award. 

Ana Gonzalez, Mohammad Sohail Akhter, Refat Srejon, Abena Owusu, Susan Dakwa, Blessing Imade, Salim Dweck, Sidath Kapukotuwa, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) virtually presented a paper titled, “Effectiveness of Community-Based Participatory Evaluation (CBPE): Lessons Learned from a Model Process Evaluation Framework…

Aastha Poudel, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) virtually presented a paper titled, “South Asian Immigrants’ Mental Health Issues: A Narrative Review" at the 8th International Congress on Scientific Research, held in Konya, Turkey, from May 17-19, 2024. Delegates from 45 countries participated in this…

Jeffrey Ebersole and  Linh Nguyen (both Dental) co-authored “Transcriptomic features of programmed and inflammatory cell death in gingival tissues,” which published April 16 in the journal Oral Diseases. The study used an experimental periodontitis model to detail the gingival transcriptome related to cell death processes of pyroptosis,…

E. Michael Nussbaum (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Ph.D., published an article in Science Education detailing a year-long professional development for middle school science teachers in Clark County School District. The study, led by Dr. Nussbaum, Ian Dove (Philosophy), Ph.D., and LeAnn Putney (Educational…

Jarret Keene (English) wrote a history book for kids called Heroes of World War II: 25 True Stories of Unsung Heroes Who Fought for Freedom, recently published by Bushel & Peck. The book is illustrated by Ricardo Gualberto and features brave tales of Ira Hayes, Dorothy Still, Guy Stern, and more. Heroes of World War II is available…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) co-authored the article, "US-skepticism and transnational conspiracy in the 2024 Taiwanese presidential election" in HKS Misinformation Review. In this article, Wang and others analyzed the misinformation on social media platforms during the 2024 Taiwanese Presidential Election, and revealed that…