Drs. Christine Fayad, Ravisha Bai, Amber Champion, and Kenneth Izuora (all Medicine) published two clinical vignette abstracts, "Ovarian Hyperthecosis: Hyperandrogenism In a Post-Menopausal Woman" and "Do Not Miss MEN 1 Screening in Patients Presenting with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor," that were presented at the just concluded annual meeting…

Jeff Waddoups (Economics) won the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) 2021 Susan C. Eaton Outstanding Scholar-Practitioner Award. The Eaton award is given annually to a member of LERA for achievements of distinction as both an academic and practitioner in the field of economics. Waddoups was selected because of his…

Richard Gardner (Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology) recently was selected as one of this year's "Best 40-under-40 Business School Professors” by Poets & Quants, a website that shares creative content and rankings about MBA programs.

John Tuman, Tiffiany Howard, David Damore, and Nerses Kopalyan (all Political Science) are the coauthors of the recent book Latinos in Nevada: A Political, Economic, and Social Profile (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2021). Publication of the book was supported by a grant from Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Mehmet Erdem (Hospitality) was recently selected as an associate editor of Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology (JHTT). A peer-reviewed Social Sciences Citation Index research journal, JHTT aims to serve as a bridge between academia and industry through the intellectual exchange of ideas, trends, and paradigmatic changes in the fields of…

Susan Lee Johnson (History) was interviewed by Stephen Hausmann on the American West channel of the New Books Network of podcasts. They spoke about Johnson's book Writing Kit Carson: Fallen Heroes in a Changing West. The interview was posted May 7.

Aldo Barrita (Psychology) published a book chapter, "Resilience in LGBTQ PoC," in the new book Heart, Brain and Mental Health Disparities for LGBTQ People of Color edited by James J. Garcia. This chapter serves as a summary of findings on resilience in LGBTQ PoC, providing a critique and suggestions for future research in the study of…

Lynn Comella (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was one of eight fellows selected for the 2021-22 class at the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement. She will receive funding to further the national conversation regarding freedom of expression and democratic participation on college campuses.…

Michelle Tusan (History) gave two interviews on President Biden’s recognition of the Armenian genocide — one for the Indian Express, Mumbai and the other for Radio, Seoul, South Korea.