Jessica Doolen (Nursing) co-authored an article, "An Integrative Review of Interprofessional Simulation in Nursing Education," which was published in Clinical Simulation in Nursing.
Drs. Ovunc Bardakcioglu, Joseph P. Thornton, David G. Weismiller, Robert C. Wang, Renu S. Jain, Beverly A. Neyland, Annabel E. Barber, John Fildes, John Ham, and Daniel M. Kirgan (all Medicine) were recently listed in the "Best Doctors" issue of Desert Companion magazine. The list includes鈥
Tricia Gatlin and Marcia Clevesy (both Nursing), along with coauthor Kord Strebel, have written an article, "Is There a Relationship Between Gestational Diabetes and Perinatal Depression?" which appears in MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing.
Aude Picard (Life Sciences) was awarded a Research Infrastructure Grant of $45,000 from the Nevada Space Grant Consortium for her research project 鈥淓valuating the Impact of Oxidation on Biosignatures Preserved in Minerals鈥. She will study the composition and physical properties of minerals鈥
Angela Amar (Nursing) is the recipient of a $209,500 Nevada Governor鈥檚 Office of Economic Development award, Workforce Innovations for a New Nevada (WINN). This contract will provide training opportunities to develop the nursing and pipeline workforce on health information technology and telehealth鈥
Barbara St. Pierre Schneider (Nursing) will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in November in Washington, D.C. Schneider holds the Inaugural Research Professor of Nursing, funded by generous support from Dr. Tony Marlon. With more than $6 million in research funding and more than 50鈥
Jennifer Rennels (Psychology) presented a talk on "Implicit & Explicit Biases" for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Training Institute at their program seminar here in Las Vegas this month.
Marta Soligo (Sociology and International Gaming Institute) is the author of an article about World Tourism Day, an event promoted by the United Nations World Tourism Organization. The article, which was written for the Italian website Ytali, covers the role that technology plays in tourism today鈥
On Sept. 5 the Academic Success Center (ASC) celebrated its 10-year anniversary and as part of its celebration recognized former students, faculty, departments, and community leaders that have made the ASC such an exemplary center. They are:
Dean鈥檚 Award - Carl Reiber (formerly of the鈥
Amanda Belarmino (Hospitality) and her co-author's paper "How E-WOM Motivations Vary by Hotel Review Website" recently was published in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. The paper investigated the internal motivation of guests writing on review websites and examined鈥
Elizabeth Stacy (Life Sciences) was an invited speaker at the American Genetics Association鈥檚 Annual President鈥檚 Symposium in Kamuela, Hawaii, in July. The theme of this year's symposium was "Origins of Adaptive Radiation." She spoke on evolution in a sea of trees: adaptive鈥
Charlotta E. Sanders (Mechanical Engineering) and her husband, Mark Callis Sanders, are co-authors of a paper, "A World's Dilemma 鈥楿pon Which the Sun Never Sets鈥: The Nuclear Waste Management Strategy (part II): Russia, Asia and the Southern Hemisphere,鈥 which has been accepted for鈥