Mental Health and Hospitality: Taking Better Care of Workers Who Take Care of Las Vegas
Las Vegas may seem like a magical place to the 41 million people that visit each year, but most of us understand that it’s great people who make that magic happen, every day and night, around the clock, 52 weeks each year.
Researcher: It’s Time for Casinos to Prepare for Federal Cannabis Policy Changes
The Biden Administration took steps toward decriminalizing marijuana two weeks ago when the Drug Enforcement Agency announced its intent to reclassify the drug from a Schedule I controlled substance to a Schedule III.
Should Grads Get to Wear What They Want to Commencement?
As graduation ceremonies occur across the country, you might notice more decorated attire in Nevada. This is the first spring graduation since Nevada passed a law allowing students to decorate their grad caps and robes with religious or cultural regalia. Despite the law, earlier this month at Eldorado High School, a student was told she couldn’t wear a stole honoring her family’s heritage. Ultimately, the student was allowed to wear her stole, but this shows how the practice can be controversial. Today, we revisit a conversation with Dr. Sheila Bock, a folklorist at UNLV. She tells co-host Dayvid Figler how grad garb became so contentious and what happens when students use robes and mortarboards as a form of expression.
Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) was interviewed by USA TODAY Homefront for an article on "How to get rid of ticks in your yard."
The article discusses what attracts ticks, how to get rid of them, and how to prevent them. Cross provides his expertise on ticks, types of products and pesticides that can help repel ticks and mites,…
Robert Futrell (Sociology) was recently featured in articles on far-right extremism: 1) Bellingcat's "Fugitive US Militant Ammon Bundy Geolocated to Utah" and 2) The Las Vegas Weekly's "Radicalized Online: How Digital Rabbit Holes Lead to Violent Extremism."
Published: Department of Social and Behavioral Health
Laurencia Bonsu, Tim Grigsby, Chris Johansen, Asma Awan, Sidath Kapukotuwa and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “A scoping review of determinants of drinking and driving behavior among young adult college students in the US,” in the journal Psychoactives. The article identifies factors responsible…
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