Shaoan Zhang (Teaching and Learning) has been appointed to be the Research Committee chair at the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE). The association's executive president, Alisa Chapman, noted, "This is a crucial leadership role for ATE especially as we begin to implement our newly approved strategic plan." 

Tiffany Lin (Art) has a solo art exhibition, "A Systems Theory," at the Left of Center Gallery through Aug. 7.    

Kristin Hough (Art) is one of two artists featured in "Pinewood Vortex" on exhibit through July 6 in the Windmill Library Art Gallery.

Olivia Cheche (Political Science, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute) recently had a paper published in the Governance: The Political Science Journal at UNLV. Her paper, "Calls for Accountability: Redefining the Culture of Policing in Las Vegas" explores the culture of policing in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, specifically…

Students in JOUR 439 (Journalism and Media Studies) won the Student Emmy Award for Best Student Program - Sports Program from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - Pacific Southwest Chapter. The students put together a remote show from Allegiant Stadium, previewing last fall's UNLV football team.

Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing) was honored with the W. Newton Long Award for the Advancement of Midwifery. This award honors the memory of Long, a longtime supporter of midwives, midwifery practice, and midwifery research in the diverse settings in which he practiced as an OB/GYN, such as the Indian Health Service, the Johns Hopkins Hospital…

Won-Yong Oh (Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology) and Jinsuh Tark (Business and Hospitality) recently presented the case study, “MGM’s Dilemma: Responsibility vs. Profitability," at the 2021 Annual Conference: Administrative Sciences Association of Canada. Tark is in the dual MBA/Master of Science Hotel Administration program.  

Andrew Thomas-Reyes (Nursing) received the 2021 UNLV Research Foundation and UNLV Foundation grant to fund his work, "Testing the Feasibility of Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Smartphone App Intervention for College Student Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Randomized Controlled Trial.” He will be working with Christopher…

Mary Ludwig (History) presentated a paper at the annual conference of the Historians of the Twentieth Century United States.  Ludwig's paper "Shared Histories: Internment on Indigenous Lands" explored the relationship between Indigenous People and Japanese immigrants at internment camps placed on American Indian…