Soumya Upadhyay and Kimberly Tomas (both Public Health) together presented the following papers at the 2019 American Public Health Association annual meeting: Hospital cultural competence and financial performance. Impact of perceived patient provider communication quality and perceived electronic cigarette harmfulness: The role of race…

Marcus Civin (Art) has a short Critic's Pick posted online at Artforum. He picks Ramiro Gomez's exhibit, "Here, for a Moment," at Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles that brings a picture of the low-wage international workforce into dialogue with immigration control and the increasing criminalization of border crossing. Artforum is an…

Kate Korgan (Graduate College) has accepted a two-year term on the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) Advancement Advisory Committee. This committee — comprised of deans from around the country — advises on the development of advancement priorities and strategies for meeting its goals, facilitates relationships between CGS and nonprofit…

Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) recently presented at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) photography group in Geneva, Switzerland, on documenting landmarks and people of the American Southwest using emerging imaging technologies. This is the fourth year that he has presented updates on these efforts to the CERN…

Yasmina Chavez (Art) will be exhibiting at the East Las Vegas Library until April 21. Her exhibit, "The Suchness of Light,"  is a presentation of abstract images that are self-referential and non-representational. As opposed to the photography we are most familiar with, which is light bouncing off the surface of things, giving us a…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues published a paper, "A Systematic Review of Gambling-related Findings from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions," in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 

Angela Amar (Nursing) recently published an article, "An Introductory Nursing Class to Engage Undergraduate Generation Z Prenursing Students" in the journal Nurse Educator. The article describes an introductory nursing course as part of a multifaceted strategy to engage pre-nursing college students prior to entrance into an upper division…

Amanda Melilli (Libraries) did a pair of presentations at the 2019 American Association of School Librarians National Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Along with colleagues Alicia Abdul and Kate Cointree, Melilli presented “That’s Not Real Reading: Making the Case for Graphic Novel Inclusion in Every Classroom," breaking down why…

Thomas Padilla (Libraries) had a research position paper, "Responsible Operations: Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI in Libraries," published by OCLC Research.