Graduate student Simon Matin (Physics and Astronomy) was recently awarded a fellowship as part of the Nevada NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship program. This award recognizes Matin's accomplishments thus far and the strength of his proposed ongoing research work. The specific proposed project will simulate measurements of galaxies made with the…

Ben Farrer (Political Science) published "Assessing how energy companies negotiate with landowners when obtaining land for hydraulic fracturing" in Nature: Energy. The article shows the different tactics used by energy companies in order to get permission to begin horizontal drilling. More details are provided in some media coverage.

Dak Kopec (Architecture) published the 4th of edition of his authored work, Environmental Psychology for Design. The book explores questions with an in-depth look at psychosocial responses to the built environment. Awarded the 2006 ASID Joel Polsky Prize, the first edition served as an introduction to the discipline of environmental…

Lynn Wolfe (English Language Center) presented a virtual workshop at Faith Integration in the Academy Conference hosted by California Baptist University. The presentation was titled "Ethical Use of AI in Education." Topics discussed included potential uses of ChatGPT in an educational context, how to write an AI syllabus policy, and issues…

Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy,  Center for Health Disparities Research) co-authored "Hospital management and healthcare policy: financing, resourcing and accessibility" in Frontiers in Public Health.

Brian Jones (Hospitality), associate director of the PGA Golf Management University program at UNLV has successfully earned his PGA Master Professional Designation — the highest education designation a PGA of America Golf Professional can obtain.

Hamid Reza Nikkhah (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) published a research article in the Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), a leading journal in the field of Information Systems and listed in the Financial Times FT50. In this multi-method study, Nikkhah, along with a professor from the University of Arkansas,…

Łukasz J. Sznajder (Biochemistry) was awarded an NIH R16 grant ($0.75M) through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for a project titled, "Identifying tandem repeat expansion-mediated mechanisms of autism-risk genes." Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a set of neurodevelopmental conditions that affect communication and social…

Amy Brown (Music) was a featured presenter for the Professional Learning Network Series, Back to School: Classroom Management Tips and Tricks, hosted by the American Orff Schulwerk Association. The presentation, "Proactive Management: Preparing Instead of Reacting," covered planning, rapport, and engagement for elementary music specialists as they…