Pasha Rafat (Art) will curate a group exhibition at the galleries at Summerlin Library titled "Two or 3 Things I Know About Abstraction." The exhibition will bring together other artists working with abstract sculpture. The exhibit will run from Jan. 12-March 23.

Mary Whitehead (Student Diversity and Social Justice) presented a workshop Oct. 29, "Living the Oakton Experience Through an Antiracist Lens" at Oakton Community College "Learning Day" in which all employees at the college learn together.  This workshop focused on the impact of guided pathways and implementing institutional strategies…

Ashley Hairston Doughty and Lance Smith (Art) are included in an online exhibition, "Skin in the Game," at Palos Verdes Art Center in California, curated by Brent Holmes. The exhibition includes artists from various backgrounds who are committed to the cause of racial justice. The exhibition also features UNLV almni Karla Lagunas,…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) along with Researchers at Northeastern University (Arielle A. J. Scoglio Alisa Lincoln, and Beth E. Molnar) and recently published a paper "Chipped or Whole? Listening to Survivors’ Experiences With Disclosure Following Sexual Violence" in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. This study used data from nine focus…

Jung Min "MJ" (Art) and Clarice Tara Cuda, ’17 BFA Art, open the two-person exhibition "Reclamation" at Core Contemporary in Las Vegas on Nov. 21. It will run through Jan. 9 with virtual and socially distanced events. The exhibition focuses on drawing, performance, and the body. Clarice Cuda is a figure model in…

Brenna Renn (Psychology), along with colleagues at the Univeristy of Washington School of Medicine, recently published the discussion piece Making Psychotherapy Available in the United States: Implementation Challenges and Solutions in Psychiatric Services (published by the American Psychiatric Association). Although more than…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), along with Kimberly Hile from University of Alabama-Huntsville and Kim Travers from Kent State University, published an article about supporting families during and after their experiences in the neonatal intensive unit in the DEC Recommended Practice Series--Transition:…

Dr. Tanya Al-Talib (Dental) earned diplomate status from the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine (ABDSM), which designates her as having the technical skill, in-­depth knowledge, and professional judgment in providing oral appliance therapy to treat snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. The ABDSM credential is widely recognized as the gold…

Dr. Marcia Ditmyer (Dental) co-authored two articles: “American College of Rheumatology Workforce Study and Demand Projections of Pediatric Rheumatology Workforce, 2015-2030,” which appeared ahead of print in Arthritis Care & Research; and “Modeling the Hepatology Workforce in the United States: A Predicted Critical Shortage,” which appeared…