Marketa Trimble (Law) authored chapter "Intellectual Property and Geography," which was published by Oxford University Press in edited volume "Handbook of Intellectual Property Research." In the chapter, Trimble explores the various facets of the “law and geography” research prism, notes the existing research avenues, and suggests potential…

Kaleb Wesolek (Art) has received the Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal Cover Artwork Award and will have his artwork featured on the cover of the July issue of the Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal. Sponsored by the office of undergraduate research, the award is designed to foster student participation in the undergraduate research…

The UNLV HOPE Scholars program (Service Learning and Leadership) has been awarded three years of funding totaling $180,000 by the United Way of Southern Nevada as part of their Community Impact Grants. The funding will sustain annual cohorts of students experiencing housing insecurity entering the HOPE Scholars program, which provides…

Karen E. Callahan (Environmental & Occupational Health) and Adugna Siweya, '18 BS Health Education, '21 Master of Public Health, recently co-published "Cancer Mortality Disparities among Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Populations in California" in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Asian…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) received a $4,000 grant from the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO) to support the development of a Philosophy for Children initiative for the Las Vegas K-12 school system. 

Dr. Moni Ahmadian and Dr. Alexis Russell (both Dental) presented a poster, "Solitary Gingival Lymphangioma: Case Series and Review of Literature," during the 2021 American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology annual virtual meeting in May. Their study was conducted in collaboration with New York-Presbyterian/Queens Section of Oral…

Guadalupe Negrete (CAEO) and Tara McManus (Communication Studies) co-authored an article, "“Okay Twitter… Trend this, Sucka! #Supernatural': A Content Analysis of the Supernatural Fandom’s Use of Live-tweeting" that has been published in The Journal of Social Media in Society. The article examines the use of live-tweeting by the Supernatural…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article entitled, "A Protocol for Assessing the Readiness for Practicing Meditation (Manan Dhyana) as a Tool for Reduction of Stress among High-risk Occupations" in the journal Giornale Italiano di Psicolgia e Medicina del Lavoro (Italian Journal of Psychology and Occupational…

Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) recently published a chapter, “Click, Validate, Reply: Three Paradoxes of the Terminal Self" in the International Handbook of Symbolic Interactionism. He explains that our interactions require us to adjust our sensorimotor skills and perceptual aptitudes, our need for social recognition,…