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Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) is organizing a symposium titled "Hyperconnected Individuals, Accelerated Society: Tensions and Transformations" with the International Center for Research on the Hypermodern Individual and Society, ESCP Europe, which will take place in Paris in June.

David Schwartz (Libraries) won a 2015 Nevada Press Association Better Newspaper Contest Award in the Best Local Column category for his Green Felt Journal column, which appears in Vegas Seven.  

Frank Cucinotta (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) served as one of four editors for the recently published book Radiation Protection Dosimetry, which contains the proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Microdosimetry. Published by Oxford University Press, the book contains scientific works about ionizing radiation quality,…

Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) has published a book chapter titled "Playing Music" in the edited book Popular Culture as Everyday Life (Routledge, 2015). 

Zhongbo Yu (Geoscience) recently received the John Hem Award for Excellence in Science & Engineering from the National Ground Water Association. The award honors significant scientific or engineering contributions to the understanding of groundwater. The award will be presented at the 2015 Groundwater Expo in Las Vegas this week. Yu was…

John Watts (Libraries) gave an invited talk titled “Assessment and Academic Library Value” at the 35th annual Charleston Conference in November. 

Greg Brown (History) has been chosen as the new general editor of  'Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment.' He will continue to broaden the temporal and geographic scope of the series to embrace global Enlightenment culture (including burgeoning areas of research, such as southern and eastern Europe, the Hispanic world, and…

Joanne Goodwin (Women's Research Institute and History) gave a presentation on the development of — and her role as — co-producer in the television series MAKERS: Women in Nevada History at the National Women's Studies Association annual conference in Milwaukee in November. Also on the panel were representatives from the University of…

Richard Clark (Housing & Residential Life) was elected to a three-year term as president of the Association of InterMountain Housing Officers (AIMHO) at the annual conference in Tucson, Arizona, in November. AIMHO serves housing officers in Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Saskatchewan (Canada). He…