Drs. Jeffrey Ebersole and Linh Nguyen (both Dental) co-authored “Gingival Tissue Antibody Gene Utilization in Aging and Periodontitis,” which published online ahead of print in Journal of Periodontal Research.

Drs. Tanya Al-Talib and Neamat Hassan (both Dental), along with School of Dental Medicine alumnus Kyle Cousineau, '22, co-authored “Retrospective Evaluation of the Prevalence of Diastema among an Adult Population,” which published June 15 in Open Journal of Stomatology.

Jacqueline Killian (Nursing) recently retired officially from the U.S. Air Force after 31 years of service, including extensive work as one of the only nurse scientists in the Air Force. She now transitions to full-time teaching status at UNLV Nursing. 

Satish C. Bhatnagar (Math) gave a talk on the Powers of Mathematical Thinking last month. It was attended by the graduate students and faculty of mathematics department of Central University of Punjab and Baba Farid College, Bathinda (India).  

Mary Blankenship (The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West, Economics, Chemistry) recently had part one of a two-part report published in the Brookings Institution blog, Africa in Focus. The piece, "Russia’s Narratives about its Invasion of Ukraine are Lingering in Africa," analyzes Twitter data to examine the broader Russian narratives…

Maggie Farrell (Libraries) concluded her term as American Library Association treasurer at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., and was elected to serve as a Councilor-At-Large on ALA Council.

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds Office) recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the official blog of UNLV's ombuds office. Titled "Confidentiality and the Ombuds Office," this post explains the nature of confidentiality in the practice of an organizational ombuds.

Kavita Batra and Aditi Singh (both Medicine), along with Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), published a study, "Assessing COVID-19 Booster Hesitancy and Its Correlates: An Early Evidence from India," in the Vaccines journal. This research involved investigators from multiple countries, including India, Saudi Arabia, and Italy. To authors…

Mark Buttner and Patricia Cruz (both Environmental & Occupational Health) received a 12-month, $130,000 award from a private industry sponsor to conduct test chamber research on the survival of airborne bacteria and viruses.The funding will support a full-time research technician and serve as a thesis project for a master of public health (MPH…