Joseph McKay (Law and Hospitality) and Gail Sammons (Hospitality), along with Kimberly Addair, '18 MA Urban Leadership, received the Best Proposal Award Teaching Track from the West Federation Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education Regional Conference for their work developing a human trafficking awareness training module for…
Cyrus Ford (Libraries) presented "Increasing Discoverability, Access, and Circulation of Objects (Equipment and Realia) in Libraries" during the Northern California Technical Processes Group annual meeting earlier this month.
June Cho, Linda Anne Silvestri, and Rhigel "Jay" Tan (all Nursing) have been accepted as fellows in the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). They will be inducted in October. These new fellows have been acknowledged for their work enhancing the quality of health and nursing, promoting healthy aging and human development across the life continuum,…
Jeffrey Berkbigler (Libraries) has been selected to attend the American Library Association's Leadership Institute, Leading to the Future, this August in Oak Brook, Illinois. The institute offers participants the opportunity to delve into leadership practices, concepts, and frameworks and to shape their leadership vision and ethos. 
Danica G. Hays (Education) has been selected as associate editor of qualitative research for the Journal of Counseling and Development (JCD). JCD is the flagship journal of the American Counseling Association, a national organization of more than 60,000 professional counselors in 18 specialty areas and work settings.
Harriet E. Barlow (The Intersection) received the 2019 Strong Sistah Award in the Cultural Experiences Award presented by Sistahs S.T.R.O.N.G. The presentation was made at the 14th annual Sistah Day Celebration. Sistahs S.T.R.O.N.G. strives to reach the next generation by providing mentoring programs and services to young women and girls ages 10-…
Ryan A. Wirt and James M. Hyman (both Psychology) have published an article in Cell Reports. Over time, contextual memories become dependent on the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) for retrieval. Wirt and Hyman found that theta-mediated interactions between ACC and CA1 increase for remote recall. Communication from the ACC to CA1 modulates neural…
Ruben J. Garcia (Law) published an article, "Right-to-Work Laws: Ideology and Impact," in volume 15 of the Annual Review of Law and Social Science (2019) in which he argues that Nevada provides an exception to the usual detrimental political and bargaining environment that RTW laws present to unions, and he describes the lessons that the…
Philip Danquah (Public Health) received the 2019 Roosevelt Fitzgerald Outstanding Student Award in Academic Achievement and Leadership. The presentation was made at the 33rd annual African American Students Awards Ceremony. He is a doctoral candidate in the School of Public Health and a doctoral graduate assistant in the office of the registrar.

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