Heather Rappaport (Student Union and Event Services) received the 2018 Volunteer of the Year Award at the national conference of the Association of Collegiate Conference and Event Directors, International last month. She serves as the director for Region 1, which includes 13 U.S. states and three Canadian areas, and is the assistant director for…

Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) received the “Community Partner” award from Acelero Learning for her commitment and advocacy to children, families, and Acelero Learning Clark County Head Start programs. She is leading an early childhood caries prevention project sponsored by Oral Health America that is designed to reduce the incidence of…

Helen Wing (Life Sciences) and a group that included 16 members of her research team (seven undergraduate students, six graduate students, two technicians and one post-doctoral fellow) published a paper, "Insights into Transcriptional Silencing and Anti‐Silencing in Shigella flexneri: a Detailed Molecular Analysis of the icsP…

Dr. Robin Reinke (Dental) co-authored "Methods and Purposes for Conduction Students' Course Evaluations Reported by North American Dental Schools and Dental Hygiene Program Leaders: A Preliminary Survey Study," which appeared in the March issue of the Journal of Dental Education. The authors sent the electronic survey to academic deans of 76…

Karen Harry (Anthropology) co-edited the book Life Beyond the Boundaries: Constructing Identity in Edge Regions of the North American Southwest, which recently was published by the University Press of Colorado.

Lynn Comella (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) has been elected co-chair of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Adult Film History Scholarly Interest Group. Her three year term begins in July. She is an associate professor of gender and sexuality studies.

Musiette McKinney (CAEO) has been selected by the Women's Basketball Hall Of Fame to be recognized with her former team, the San Francisco Pioneers, and the entire WBL, Women's Professional Basketball League. It was the first professional league for women from 1978-81. Plans are to celebrate these women as "Trailblazers of the Game."…

Gabriele Wulf (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) received a Distinguished Scholar Award from the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. The award recognizes her outstanding achievement in her scientific career. The award is given to individuals who have consistently contributed high-quality scholarship that has…

Jesús Galindo, Manuel Rodríguez and Lizette Arellano (all World Languages and Cultures) presented, respectively, the papers “El homosexual y el revolucionario en El beso de la mujer araña,” “Niebla: La voz masculina y sus interlocutoras femeninas,” and “El vencimiento del hombre blanco por la mujer negra en Maldito amor de Rosario Ferre” at the…

Esther Herrera (Urban Affairs) and Kevin McVay (Sciences) presented a poster at the 2018 National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Region 9 Conference in Santa Rosa, California. It was titled, "You Are Graduating Soon. Now What?" Their presentation focused on graduation being an exciting time for many students; however, it can also be…

Tracy Johnson and Alysse Chavez (both Liberal Arts) presented at the 2018 National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Region 9 Conference in Santa Rosa, California. They presented "But, Nobody Told Me! Addressing Information that is Not Heard Through the Grapevine." The presentation focused on the familiar phrase from students, “but…

Margaret Harp (World Languages and Cultures) presented the paper "Les Heures et les Psaumes: Navigating the Third Religious War in Le Printemps d'Yver" at the annual conference of the Renaissance Society of America, which took place in New Orleans earlier this moth. She also chaired one conference panel session.