Andra Scano, Christine Oliver, Allyson Waldron, and Violeta Aguirre (all Nursing) successfully defended their Doctor of Nursing Practice projects. They will officially earn their doctorate title upon completing their classes. Topics defended: Scano, “Developing Strategic Partnerships to Impact Population Health” Oliver, “Increasing…

Zandra Johnson (Nursing) successfully defended her doctor of nursing practice project, “Transient Ischemic Attacks Evaluation and Treatment in Specialized Urgent Care Facilities - TIA Care Model." She will officially earn her doctor title when her classes wrap up.

Heejin Mun (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), Bowen Liu (Mathematics), Thu Huynh Anh Pham (Biology), and Qing Wu (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) recently published an article on "C-Reactive Protein and Fracture Risk: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies through the Use of Both Frequentist and Bayesian…

Patricia Nill (Nursing) successfully defended her doctor of nursing practice project, "Improving Therapeutic Communication in Mental Health Nursing: A Quality Improvement Project." She will officially earn her doctorate title when she finishes her courses.

April Ursula Fox (Graduate College), Graduate College curriculum manager, has been invited to present to an audience of curriculum specialists in universities and other organizations across the country and abroad during the Digarc U professional conference in March.  Centered around the use of technology and innovative processes,…

Jin Ouk Choi and Binit K. Shrestha (both Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction), with colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin, published a paper, "Relationship between Commissioning and Start-Up Success Factors Achievement and Performance in Capital Projects," in the Journal of Construction Engineering…

Blanca E. Rincón and Kristine J. Espinoza (both Educational Psychology and Higher Education) co-authored a manuscript on how dually designated Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Latinx-serving institutions communicate "servinginess" through campus artifacts. Using critical ethnographic methods, they found that campus artifacts at…

Ryan Wirt, Adam McNeela (both Neuroscience), and James Hyman (Psychology) wrote an article, "Spatial Cognition: Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and the Memory Puzzle," which has been published in Current Biology. We navigate through space using the coordinated activity of spatially sensitive cells in the hippocampus. A new study shows that moderate…

Selam Ayele (Public Health) and Melva Thompson-Robinson, and Johanna Andrews (both Center for Health Disparities Research), along with Carolee Dodge Francis of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently published an article, "Factors Associated with Mental Health Service Utilization Among Ethiopian Immigrants and Refugees" in the Journal of…

Cindy X. Kha (Life Sciences) was selected by the Nevada Space Grant Consortium to receive the prestigious Nevada NASA Space Grant Graduate Research Opportunity Fellowship for 2020-21. This highly selective award is focused on innovation through projects that will generate advancements in STEM that will directly contribute to NASA’s current and…

Kate Korgan (Graduate College) was a presenter at the Council of Graduate Schools Virtual New Deans Institute earlier this month. The institute is tailored to deans, associate deans, and assistant deans who began their roles in the past two years. In her "Managing Graduate Operations" presentation, Korgan shared the cornerstones of successful…

Payam Ezatpoor (Graduate College) presented to higher education administrators during a DocuSign webinar earlier this month. The webinar, Attract and Retain Students by Digitally Transforming the Application Process, highlighted how a fully digital application process can give admissions and financial aid departments a competitive advantage.…