Professor Benjamin Edwards (Law) was elected to a three-year term as a director for the Public Advocate Bar Association, an international bar association focused on investor protection.

Cassaundra Rodriguez (Sociology) published a chapter titled, ‘“Between A Rock and A Hard Place’: Undocumented Immigrants and Mixed-Status Families Negotiating Migration Returns to Visit Ill and Dying Family Members.” This chapter is in the newest edition of Families as They Really Are edited by Virginia Rutter, Kristi Williams, and…

Dr. Syed Saquib (Medicine), associate professor of surgery, is being honored with the designation of Fellow of the American Burn Association (FABA). Dr. Saquib is an acute care surgeon who is also burn director at University Medical Center’s Lions Burn Care Center. Saquib was recognized for his dedication, expertise and contributions to the field…

Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) published a chapter titled, "The virtues and vices of germline editing research," in Biotech Animals in Research: Ethical and Regulatory Aspects (Routledge). Abbate's chapter explores some of the moral issues pertaining to the use of animals in germline editing research through a virtue ethics framework.

Noehealani Bareng-Antolin (Medicine) presented at the 2023 Driving School Association of the Americas International Conference on October 18 in Las Vegas, Nevada on, "Traffic Safety Research at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine." Led by Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Associate Dean for Research Dr. Deborah Kuhls, the traffic safety research…

Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health) received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America (UPAAA) during the 2023 UPAAA Grand Reunion and Convention. The UPAAA Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Awards are given to senior alumni who have achieved professional distinction and…

The Research on Women in Education SIG of AERA met in Las Vegas, and LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was asked to serve as the luncheon welcome speaker on Friday, Oct.13. It was a great opportunity for her to share the work she is doing at UNLV and the SW borderland area and the…

Dr. Tanya Al-Talib (Dental) has been inducted as a fellow of the International College of Dentists, USA Section. The College of Dentists is a worldwide honorary organization for outstanding dentists who have demonstrated abiding interest and concern for their communities and profession through serving others with leadership, integrity, and ethical…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), associate professor and Research Coordinator for the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center, provided the keynote session for the Early Intervention/Early Childhood Conference sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy of Alabama on October 17 in Mobile, Alabama. Her session…