Francesca Marineo (Libraries) presented a talk, Supporting Students Through a Flexible Instruction Model During a Pandemic and Beyond, at the Distance Library Services Conference. The conference provides a rich forum to discuss, demonstrate, and champion the techniques, trends, and theories of providing library services at a distance and…

Dr. Nabil Noureddin (Medicine) recently presented his research project at the Digestive Disease Week Meeting 2020. The abstract, “Changes in Trends for Liver Transplant in Patients Older than 70 in the United States,” was published in the Gastroenterology Journal. Liver transplant (LT) for individuals aged ≥ 70-years has been…

Johan Bester (Medicine) published an article in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry that looks at the justice obligations resting on society and individuals in the light of the COVID pandemic. In the article he argues that society's institutions and members have obligations to take steps to mitigate the impact of the COVID pandemic on the well-being…

Cida de Aragon (Art) received an honorable mention in the Minimalist Photography Awards International Contest for her photograph, "Everyone's a Winner." She is an MFA student in art.

Ann M. Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) recently published an article on the "Effects of β-Carotene Intake on the Risk of Fracture: a Bayesian Meta-Analysis" in the journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. The authors conducted a meta-analysis to investigate the association between β-carotene intake and risk of fracture. They …

Cory Lampert (Libraries) was part of a tutorial presentation, "Designing for Labor Equity," during the 2020 Digital Library Federation Forum & Learn@DLF. As one of the members of the Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded "Collective Responsibility: National Forum on Labor Practices for Grant-Funded Digital Positions"…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) presented six panels and workshops at the International Leadership Association's 22nd Annual Global Conference earlier this month. He serves as co-founder and co-convener of the International Leadership Association (ILA) Sustainability Leadership Member Community and co-chair of the ILA…

Aurora Holloway (Public Health) presented the poster "Temporal Analysis of Firearm Homicide Mortality by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Nevada, 1999-2017" at the (virtual) American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. This work was co-authored by Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health). Holloway is a master's…

Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute) and colleagues Sally Gainsbury and Alex Blaszczynski of the University of Sydney in Australia published an article in New Frontiers in Psychiatry about in-play betting behaviors and gambling problems.