Rebecca Erickson, associate professor of sociology, pictured here with Rep. Ralph Regula, testified about the shortage of nurses in the United State’s health care system on April 23 to the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. Regula, who chairs the committee, arranged for Erickson to testify. For the full story, see the May 1 issue of Akron Update.