Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) co-authored an interdisciplinary article titled, “Single parenthood and minor children: Vulnerability factors for fear of crime," in collaboration with colleagues from Jackson State University and Auburn University at Montgomery in the journal The Pursuit.  The article found…

Second-year Ph.D. student Hossein Madhani (Life Sciences) received a $5,800 EECG Research Award from the American Genetic Association. The EECG program funds highly competitive proposals from graduate students or postdocs that address genome-scale questions, or ecological, evolutionary, and conservation genetics questions that are best addressed…

UNLV faculty, staff, and graduate students participated in Corporate Challenge Track & Field on March 11, 2023. The small team of 10 earned 21 medals (7 gold, 10 silver, 4 bronze). Also, they earned 6th place overall and 1 point toward the cumulative Corporate Challenge ranking. Congratulations to the team and well done representing UNLV! Don…

John Menezes, Kavita Batra, Vladislav Zhitny (all Medicine) published a study, "A Nationwide Analysis of Gunshot Wounds of the Head and Neck: Morbidity, Mortality, and Cost" in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. Gun-related injuries remain a major public health issue, with many beginning to view this as a national health crisis.

An interdisciplinary collaboration between the dental and medical school resulted in a publication titled, "Extranodal manifestation of mantle cell lymphoma in the submandibular duct: A case report and review of literature." The publication was accepted in Otolaryngology Case Reports. It was written by fourth-year medical student Spencer…

CEOWORLD Magazine has named the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality No. 1 in the world in their "Best Hospitality And Hotel Management Schools In The World For 2023" ranking.  

Assistant professor/assistant director Adam Schroeder (Jazz, Music) was just selected the recipient of the Nevada Regent’s Award for Creative Activities. The award is presented to two permanent full-time NSHE faculty members with distinguished records in creative activity. Recipients are nominated for this honor, which carries a $5,000…

Addie Rolnick (Law) was appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's Committee on Law and Justice (CLAJ). Professor Rolnick also serves as the faculty director of the Indian Nations Gaming & Governance Program, as well as the associate director of the Program on Race, Gender & Policing. “We are…

Marc J. Kahn (Medicine), MD, MBA, and Paul J. Hauptman, MD, the deans at each of Nevada's public medical schools wrote an editorial in the Nevada Independent pointing out the the solution to the state's physician shortage is to increase the number of residency and fellowship positions. While the likelihood that a medical graduate from a…