Markie Twist (Environmental and Occupational Health) was the co-editor for a special issue on digital and sexual health for the Journal of Sexual Relational Therapy. This issue introduced the concept of digital health (digihealth), digihealth principles, and out of control digi behaviors.

Sarah Deredza, Tonya Bryant, Mailo Brantner, and Jud Simonds (all Nursing) successfully defended their DNP Projects to earn the title of doctor. Deredza focused on “The Impact of Culture-specific Education on the Knowledge and Behavior Related to Screening and Lifestyle Management of Blood Pressure in African Migrants.” Bryant focused on “…

Linda Lister (Music) wrote Chapter 3, "Yoga for Singers," in the new Rowman and Littlefield release So You Want to Sing with Awareness. Published in April and edited by Matthew Hoch of Auburn University, the book is volume 19 of the "So You Want to Sing" series co-sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing. …

Dr. Jordana Haber (Medicine) spoke on the topic of "Intimate Partner Violence - Strangulation and the Brain - Understanding the Intersections" as an invited guest speaker (via Zoom) for the "All Women's Speaker Conference" earlier this month for the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Brigham and…

UNLV American Marketing Association Student Chapter (Marketing and International Business) recently competed in the American Marketing Association's annual collegiate international case competition and tied for second place alongside University of Pennsylvania and British Columbia Institute of Technology. The student teams developed…

Andrew Thomas Reyes, Judzia Bombard, and William Gangozo (all Nursing), Tirth Bhatta (Sociology), and Venkatesan Muthukumar (Electrical & Computer Engineering), published an article, “Promoting Resilience Among College Student Veterans Through an Acceptance-and-Commitment-Therapy App: An Intervention Refinement Study,” in the Community Mental…

Emma Frances Bloomfield (Communication Studies) has a chapter in the forthcoming volume, Routledge Handbook of Ecocultural Identity. Her chapter, "The Reworking of Evangelical Christian Ecocultural Identity in the Creation Care Movement," explores how creation care members refigure their Christian identity to make room for…

Chelsea Heinbach and Rosan Mitola (both Libraries) received a $2,000 Library Census Equity Fund mini-grant from the the American Library Association and Capital One to bolster University Libraries' effort to support census efforts in hard-to-count communities and help achieve a complete count in the 2020 census.  

Qing Wu and Xiangxue Xiao (both Environmental and Occupational Health) recently published an article, "Association Between a Literature-based Genetic Risk Score and Bone Mineral Density of African American Women in Women Health Initiative Study," in the journal Osteoporosis International. Based on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)…

Zantana Ephrem (Honors) has been selected for the 2020 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program following a highly competitive nationwide selection process. Funded by the U.S. Department of State and managed by Howard University, the program supports extraordinary undergraduates interested in pursuing a career in…

Angela Amar (Nursing) recently was appointed by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to serve on its Government Affairs Committee. The committee works toward advancing the AACN's federal policy agenda. The AACN is the national voice for academic nursing. It works to establish quality standards for nursing education; assists…

Aidy Weeks (Libraries) had an article, "I Don’t Think It Means What You Think It Means: How COVID-19 Systematic Reviews Don’t Fit the Mold," published in MLAConnect from the Medical Library Association. The article discusses how the rush of systematic reviews, normally a lengthy process and the highest standard of evidence, about COVID-…