Rachell A. Ekroos (Nursing) recently received two grant awards totaling $47,211. She is the principal investigator of the project titled, “Enhancing the Multidisciplinary Response to Child Sexual Violence in Southern Nevada” ($39,711). Under this award, Ekroos will work with community partners, organizations, and government agencies regarding…

Marina Garber-Colacicchi (World Languages and Cultures) had a selection of poems titled "The Dead Hour" published in The New Review Quarterly in December.

Dieu-My T. Tran and Catherine Dingley (both Nursing) and Rogelio Arenas recently published, "Perception and Beliefs Regarding Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Lifestyle Modifications Among High-Risk College Students" in the Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. The article explores the perceptions and beliefs regarding cardiovascular risk and…

Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing) recently published an article, "Geospatial Variation in Caesarean Delivery" in Nursing Open. The article discusses the evaluation of the variation in caesarean delivery rates across counties in Georgia and determines whether county-level characteristics were associated with clusters. 

C.E. Abbate (Philosophy) recently was appointed co-president of the Society for the Study of Animal Ethics.

Kavita Batra (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently was selected to receive the inaugural UNLV Graduate College Finishing Fellowship for the spring 2020 semester. Batra is currently a doctoral student at the School of Public Health.

Karyn Holt and Paul Clements (both Nursing) and Susan Aldridge of Drexel University have once again published an article in the online education arena, this time tackling the topic of mental health trends and issues in online educational environments. Their article, published in the Journal for Behavioral and Social Sciences is titled, "…

Michelle Tusan (History) published a piece, "Impeachment, Executive Power and Genocide" in the Los Angeles Review of Books about the impeachment crisis.  

Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) recently published an article, "Episodic Memory in Later Life: Benefits of Prayer and Meditation" in the Journal of Holistic Nursing. The article examines the effects of prayer and meditation on the episodic memory or older adults.     

Jennifer Jaimes, Mehmet Erdem, ChihChien Chen (all Hospitality), and William Doyle (Honors) recently published their paper "An Assessment of Generation Z’s Preferences for Guest-Facing Hotel Technologies" in the Journal of Hospitality. The exploratory study found that guest-facing technologies are an important consideration for Generation Z…

Ashley Doughty (Art) is included in the College Book Arts Association Members' Juried Exhibition, Intersections: Book Arts as Convergence, at the Carroll Gallery at Tulane University through Feb. 6. It celebrates the crossroads, overlaps, conversations, and potential for shared experience and expansion. Her recent books are about procreation and…

Krystal Ramirez (Art) is exhibiting at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts through Feb. The exhibit, Whose Diversity, draws upon histories of the Latinx community in Minneapolis. She was inspired by Whose Diversity?, a collective of undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Minnesota who challenge and transform the culture of…