Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) recently had an article published by the U.S. Library of Congress as part of its National Recording Registry. This program honors 25 recordings each year that showcase "the range and diversity of American recorded sound heritage." The registry pursues this aim by preserving original media, making digital versions…

Marta Soligo (Sociology and International Gaming Institute) was interviewed for the sociology podcast "The Social Breakdown." Soligo explored the sociology of tourism, especially the relationship between COVID-19 and the travel industry. She discussed the role of tourism in Las Vegas as well as the creation of culture…

Emily Lapworth (Libraries) had an article, "Assessing Large-scale Digitization Using Web Analytics," published in Digital Library Perspectives, a journal devoted to current trends, initiatives, and developments around digital content collections.

Nathan Anderson, Adam Lords, Ronald Laux, and Neamat Hassan (all Dental) just published a paper, "Retrospective Analysis of the Risks Factors of Peri-implantitis," in The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice. The paper evaluated the risk factors and their implication on the development of peri-implant diseases. Anderson and Lords are…

Seong-min Park and Stacey Clouse (both Criminal Justice), along with Logan Kennedy, '12 BA, '15 MA, and '19 PhD Criminal Justice, as well as Young-oh Hong (Korean Institute of Criminology), recently published a peer-reviewed article, "Pathways from Relative Deprivation to Individual Violence: The Effect of Subjective Perception and Emotional…

Dylan Guerin, Cindy Kha, and Kelly Tseng (all Life Sciences) recently published an article, "From Cell Death to Regeneration: Rebuilding After Injury" in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. Guerin, recipient of GPSA Research Forum presentation awards, and Kha, recipient of the 2020-21 President's UNLV Foundation Graduate Research…

Dr. Buddha Dawn (Medicine) recently published an article,  “Vitamin D3 Induces Mesenchymal-to-Endothelial Transition and Promotes a Proangiogenic Niche through IGF-1 Signaling,” in iScience, a Cell Press journal. The results show that vitamin D3, a natural compound, can promote blood vessel formation by inducing an endothelial phenotype in…

Olivia Cheche (Political Science) and Peter Grema (Economics) presented their research at the 2021 Western Regional Honors Council Virtual Conference, last week. Cheche's research on "The Culture of Policing in Las Vegas" presents national and local data on disparities related to the racial, social, and fiscal aspects within the Las…

Dr. Joshua J. Goldman (Medicine) was honored by Las Vegas Weekly as one of the city's 2021 "40 Under 40," among CEO's and entrepreneurs, for his work as a plastic & reconstructive microsurgeon. He was one of only two honorees in the health care industry, and the only physician.  From Las Vegas Weekly: "With a record-breaking number…