Charlotta Sanders (Mechanical Engineering) was recently appointed as a member of the editorial board for the Open Access Journal of Nuclear Physics at MedCrave. Sanders is a part-time associate research professor of nuclear engineering. Additionally, she is a consulting nuclear engineer doing business as Sanders Engineering. In 2012…

Dr. Karl Kingsley, Dr. Allison Tomlin and student Brock Nelson (all Dental) published a research article titled "Dental Pulp Stem Cell Biomarkers for Cellular Viability Following Long-Term Cryopreservation" in the journal International Journal of Cell & Systems Developmental Biology. 

Clarice Tara Cuda and Winnie Wu (both Art) received the 2018 Lance and Elena Calvert Award for Excellence in Creative Works and Advanced Undergraduate Research. Cuda, who will graduate Saturday with a BFA, created the 2018 sculpture "Power Suit," which examines traditions of mourning and materiality from the 19th century to the present. The…

Rachell Ekroos (Nursing) presented two topics during the Emergency Nurses Association Regional Symposium in April. Her first presentation, “Manual Strangulation: What do Emergency Nurses Need to Know,” included information about common misconceptions, signs and symptoms, proper documentation, and biopsychosocial considerations. Her second…

Eve Hanan (Law) presented last week on two panels at the Association of American Law Schools Conference on Clinical Legal Education. Both panels addressed how to teach lawyering skills in novel and changing areas of legal practice.

Janet Dufek and Jeffrey Eggleston (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) shared findings with Lower Extremity Review: Pediatrics from a pair of studies each led related to how walking patterns may help identify autism within children. Their comments appeared in an article titled “Autism Linked to Between-limb Asymmetries across the Gait Cycle”…

Xiangxue Xiao and Yingke Xu (both Environmental and Occupational Health and Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine), and Bowen Liu (Math and NIPM) recently published findings in Osteoporosis International, a high-impact peer-reviewed medical journal published by Springer that is an official journal of the International Osteoporosis Foundation…

Kelsey Lupo (Libraries) has been selected as the spring 2018 University Libraries Inspirational Customer Service Award winner. She was selected based on her work assisting with the library's CONTENTdm system migration, along with managing multiple projects. 

Samantha Coogan (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) has been named president-elect for the Nevada Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Coogan’s many responsibilities will include organizing and leading quarterly and annual meetings, providing guidance about legislative policies, fundraising, advocating that dieticians receive order-writing…

School of Nursing answered an invitation from the National League for Nursing to test new simulation education scenarios focused on pediatrics patients. Assistant professor Jessica Doolen, lecturer Lisa Nicholas, graduate assistant Jennifer Pfannes, and three nursing students piloted, provided suggestions for enhancing content, and evaluated the…

Marcia Ditmyer (Dental) accepted an invitation to author an editorial from the American Journal of Public Health. Her article titled “Can Tobacco Cessation Quitlines Improve the Use of Dental Health Care” appeared in the May issue and concludes that while cessation quitlines can improve dental health care. Sufficient resources and innovative…

Nora Caberoy (Life Sciences) and Francisco Sy (Community Health Sciences) gave their research presentations at the 38th Philippine American Academy of Science and Engineering Annual Meeting and Symposium public health session at the University of Arizona earlier this month. Caberoy presented her research "Lessons from the Eye: Can We Redirect the…