LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was accepted to AERA for four presentations and a session moderation this year and was also asked to feature her work in the Special Interest Group Journal for Educational Change.

Tim Grigsby, Andrea Lopez (both Social and Behavioral Health), and colleagues authored a manuscript titled, "A Scoping Review of Risk and Protective Factors for Negative Cannabis Use Consequences" in the journal Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment.  Numerous reviews have examined risk and protective factors for alcohol-related negative…

Jung-Hwa Kim (Architecture) has been offered a 2023-2024 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship by the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The fellowship will support her project, “The Design and Use of the Wanamaker’s Department Store Rooftop in Philadelphia, 1910 to the 1920s.”

Jeayoung Jo and Michelle Kim (both Music) were awarded the first prize in the 2023 Baroque Music Competition (Charleston International Music Competition) in the duo category with their performance of the Sonata for Viola da Gamba (cello) and harpsichord, No.2 in D Major, BWV 1028 by J.S. Bach. Jo holds an undergraduate degree in music from Mokpo…

Nicholas Irwin (Economics), Shawn McCoy (Economics/Lied Center for Real Estate), and co-author Katie Jo Black (Kenyon College) recently published an article, "Wildfire risk, salience, and housing development in the wildland–urban interface," in the Journal of Regional Science, the pre-eminent journal in regional and urban…

Among more than 100 chapters of Model United Nations in the United States, the UNLV Model United Nations ranked in the top 50. Undergraduate student Cecilia Winchell is the president of UNLV Model Nations.

Jorge Reyes (Mathematical Sciences) published a micro article titled, "Examples of identities and inequalities for the nonlinear term in the Navier–Stokes equation," in the Journal Examples and Counterexamples.

Jennifer Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health) was invited to present her book chapter, "Transgender Sports Bans are a Human Rights Issue," during the virtual Human Rights in Sports Conference on April 5. Pharr presented on the impact of transgender sports bans on transgender women athletes and the LGBTQ+ community. She discussed rights…

Jennifer Vaughan (Fine Arts) was named "Executive of the Year" at the 32nd Annual Silver State Women's Awards on April 8 at a ceremony inside Resorts World, Las Vegas. Vaughan is the communications director for the College of Fine Arts.