Katherine Hertlein (Medicine) and Edwin Oh (Medicine and Sciences) are recipients of the 2022 Distinguished Barrick Scholar Award, given to senior faculty to honor excellence in research. Hertlein, a professor in the couple and family therapy program in the department of psychiatry and behavioral health, and Oh, associate professor of internal…

Aude Picard, Nader Nabeh, and Cheyenne Brokaw (all Life Sciences) published a research article, "Quantification of Organic Carbon Sequestered by Biogenic Iron Sulfide Minerals in Long-Term Anoxic Laboratory Incubations," in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. Organic carbon preservation in sedimentary environments is a critical process…

Rebecca T. Barber (Financial Planning, Budget, and Analysis), along with several co-authors from Arizona State University and Virginia Tech, published a new article, "Emergency Fostering of Dogs from Animal Shelters During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Shelter Practices, Foster Caregiver Engagement, and Dog Outcomes"  in Frontiers in Veterinary…

Col. Jacqueline Killian (Nursing) received the TSNRP Scientific Mentorship Award in the Active Duty category. Currently an Air Force intern with UNLV Nursing, she will transition to full-time faculty later this year upon her retirement from the Air Force.

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health) co-authored an article, " An Authoritative Parenting Model of Offender Rehabilitation" in the journal Sociological Imagination with colleagues from Jackson State University and Auburn University at Montgomery. This interdisciplinary article has important implications for offender rehabilitation.

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a virtual, interactive presentation, "Teaching Philosophy to Migrant and Border-Town Children," as part of the Unbordering Migration in the Americas series at the University of Rochester. 

Yong Li (Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation) and co-author Jing Li (Simon Fraser University) recently won the Case Centre's best case award for the Strategy and General Management category in 2022 for their case, Amazon Goes Global 2020. The case covers Amazon’s global strategy in the last two decades, with a focus on entry timing…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual and Special Education) presented "Pack Your Bags: The Pyramid Model Goes to College!" at the National Training Institute on Effective Practices: Addressing Challenging Behaviors. As part of the National Center on Pyramid Model Innovations, she presented on embedding the pyramid model, an evidence-…

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) received the Outstanding Reviewer Award for the journal Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA). The award was presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association. EEPA publishes rigorous, policy-relevant research of interest…