Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio (The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West, Public Policy and Leadership) recently had an article published in the International Journal of Prisoner Health. Her study, "Harm Reduction: A Public Health Approach to Prison Drug Use," provides a summary of research surrounding prison-based harm reduction programs.

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) along with Robert Greene II of Claflin University, co-edited the volume, Invisible No More: The African American Experience at the University of South Carolina, published last month by the University of South Carolina Press. This singular volume explores the lives and experiences of…

Dr. Jay D. Fisher (Medicine) was a co-presenter for two sessions at the National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness conference in Orlando, Florida, last month. The two presentations, 'Preparing Your System for a School Shooting' and 'Pediatric Mental Health', were presented with other members of the Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency…

Pasha Rafat (Art) recently curated Still-life-s at A S A P which included national and international artists that have a community connection to Las Vegas, NV. Featured Artists were Ginger Bruner, Ash Ferlito, Maureen Halligan, Afsaneh Javanmard, Dylan Jones, Fay Ku, Yuino Nakabayashi, Kathleen Nathan, Lisa Rock, and Aaron Sheppard. …

Michael J. Lee (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) co-authored the article "Differential Impact of Content in Online Communication on Heterogeneous Candidates: A Field Study in Technical Recruitment" with Rohit Aggarwal (University of Utah) and Vishal Midha (Illinois State University). This article has been accepted for publication by…

Qiang Zhu (Physics and Astronomy) has been honored by the National Science Foundation with a Faculty Early Career Development Program for his proposal "Organic Materials Discovery with the Aid of Digital Crystallography". This CAREER award will support theoretical and computational research and educational activities to advance…

Dr. Awad Javaid (Medicine) recently wrote a manuscript as first author. "Noninvasive Imaging for Patients with COVID-19 and Acute Chest Pain," was published in The Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal . A multi-modality imaging strategy was described to help clinicians determine the etiology of chest pain in patients with COVID-19.

Alyx Peterson, public health doctoral student, was accepted into the 2022 Jameson Fellowship, which is a comprehensive leadership program that fosters collaboration amongst the various social sectors to construct impactful community change.

Charlotta E. Sanders (Mechanical Engineering) and co-author Mark Sanders have published their manuscript “A world's dilemma ‘upon which the sun never sets’:  The nuclear waste management strategy (part IV): Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, and United Arab Emirates” in the journal Progress in Nuclear Energy. The article is the fourth and…