Dr. Ji Won Yoo (Medicine) along with, Drs. Sung-Hwa Sohn, Yeon-Hwa Kim and Too Jae Min, who all are from Korea University, published "The Effect of Ulinastatin to the Learning and Memory in Zebrafish" in the journal Neuromolecular Medicine. This study investigated whether Ulinastatin could improve learning and memory by using the zebrafish…
Kenneth M. Miller (Political Science) and coauthor Brandice Canes-Wrone (Princeton University) published their article "Out-of-District Donors and Representation in the US House" in Legislative Studies Quarterly. In it they show that when the national donor base of a congressperson's party prefers one position and that member's…
Benjamin Edwards (Law) published an op-ed in the Nevada Independent arguing that the Nevada Legislature does not need to pass a statute to enact a securities law exemption already proposed to be codified within draft regulations.
Kevin Wright (Student Diversity & Social Justice) served as a guest on the podcast show,"Coaching for Millennials: Care - Life - LinkedIn" where he discussed the intersections of identity and StrengthsQuest assessment education, codeswitching, and intergenerational tensions in higher education.
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published a co-authored article, "The Non‐consensus 1992 Consensus" in Asian Politics & Policy. This article analyzed an original survey conducted in Taiwan in 2019 and showed that Taiwanese people have a diverse understanding of the 1992 Consensus — one of the most important policies in Taiwan-…
Mary Whitehead (Student Diversity and Social Justice) facilitated a virtual workshop sponsored by the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. The workshop focused on providing institutional strategies using an equity and social justice framework to address systemic issues and foster an inclusive campus…
David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently published a commentary on the gaming news platform CDC Gaming Reports. In it, he traced the depictions of casino gambling in Ozark and Cuphead: Don't Deal with the Devil to a lingering image problem in the casino industry.
Dr. Nabil Noureddin (Medicine) recently published his article “Progression of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease-Associated Fibrosis in a Large Cohort of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes” in the Digestive Diseases and Sciences Journal. He is the first author on this original research that aimed to provide large-scale data on progression and regression…
Anthony King, Aldo Barrita, Ting Tong, Danielle Cheung, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) presented three research posters at the American Psychological Association's Division 50 conference for Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction. The posters that were: "The Role of Relative Deprivation in Video Gaming Disorders of US Emerging…

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