Fawn Douglas (Art) wrote about Las Vegas as part of the homelands to the Nuwuvi and related art activities in the region. The writing, which was done for Indigenous People's Day, is posted on the "Meow Wolf" website and is titled "Acknowledging and Celebrating Indigenous People Today and Everyday." Douglas is a community associate at "Meow Wolf"…

Joanne L. Goodwin (History) co-edited the Nevada Historical Society Quarterly's special issue on Nevada's woman suffrage campaigns. Published early this fall, the issue recognizes the centennial of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) which enabled a majority of U.S. women who were citizens (but not all) to vote. It also brings together…

Donovan Conley (Communication Studies) and Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) have co-edited a special issue of the journal Communication and the Public on the theme: Ad/Dressing Civic Wounds. This publication began as a conference hosted by the departments of COM and JMS in March 2019, which brought together nationally prominent…

Marie Falcone (Political Science, Brookings Mountain West, and The Lincy Institute) is the lead author of "Ending Corporal Punishment of Preschool-age Children," a public policy paper published on the "Brown Center Chalkboard," a Brookings Institution blog. The paper discusses the prevalence of corporal punishment within 23 states…

Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing) presented at this month's Royal Society of Medicine webinar on COVID-19. Her research focuses on maternity services, and the impact from the coronavirus pandemic on women's health and well-being during pregnancy and transition to parenting.

Ashkan Salamat (Physics and Astronomy) and a team of researchers have made a breakthrough in the long-sought-after quest for a room-temperature superconductor, what they call the “holy grail” of energy efficiency. The research team, which includes Ranga Dias from the University of Rochester, established room temperature superconductivity…

Angela Amar (Nursing) contributed a video on "Combating Racism and Fostering Inclusive Learning Environments" to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing's Leadership Gallery.

Brenna Renn (Psychology) led a national survey of career mentorship and career selection needs in clinical geropsychology alongside colleagues from the American Psychological Association's Society of Clinical Geropsychology. This work, "Identification and Selection of Jobs in Clinical Geropsychology: A Survey to Inform Career Mentoring,…

Eda Anlamlier (Marketing and International Business) and her co-author, Sevincgul Ulu (New Jersey City University), presented their competitive paper at the Association for Consumer Research Conference this month and American Marketing Association Summer Conference in August, both leading marketing conferences. Their research…