Dr. Ross P. Berkeley (Medicine) published a manuscript, "Evaluation of Gender Differences in Ultrasound Milestone Evaluations During Emergency Medicine Residency Training: A Multicenter Study," in the April issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) Education and Training, in collaboration with investigators from 15 other emergency…
Cassaundra Rodriguez (Sociology) has been awarded a prestigious Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship for the 2020-21 academic year. This fellowship, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, recognizes exceptional early-career faculty with promising research projects. Rodriguez is one of 10 scholars to receive the year-long national…
Cassara Higgins (Chemistry and Biochemistry) was recognized for a paper that she presented at the International Youth Nuclear Conference in Sydney, Australia, in March. A third-year student in the radiochemistry PhD program, Higgins wrote about "The Reduction of Uranium Hexafluoride with a Room Temperature Ionic Liquid (1-methyl-1-…
Marina Garber-Colacicchi (World Languages and Cultures) published a review of the latest book, The Reliqualium of Winds, by Russian poet Alexander Radashkevich (Paris, France) in Interpoetry (Interpoezia) literary magazine (New York).
Stephen M. Miller (Center for Business and Economic Research) published a paper, "The Time-series Linkages between US Fiscal Policy and Asset Prices," along with co-authors Ghassen El Montasser of the Campus Universitaire de la Manouba, Tunisia; Rangan Gupta of the University of Pretoria, South Africa; and Jooste Charl of the World Bank…
Richard Miller (Music), Katrina Liu (Teaching and Learning), and Arnetha F. Ball of the Stanford University Graduate School of Education recently published "Critical Counter-Narrative as Transformative Methodology for Educational Equity" in Review of Research in Education, a key journal of the American Educational Research Association. This…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) presented with colleagues Spencer C. Weiler and Nathan L. Schmutz (both of BYU) at the National Education Finance Academy (NEFA) 2020 annual conference this month. The presentation, "Risk and Cost Assessment of a Continuum of Possible School Safety Measures," was an overview of…
Amanda Fortini (Journalism) recently won the prestigious Rabkin Prize. The fourth annual Rabkin Prize for Arts Writers, given by the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, recognizes outstanding contributions by critics who write on visual arts. The prize was awarded to nine writers nationally. Each honoree will receive $50,000.…
Repairer Etuk and Shane Kraus (both Psychology) and colleagues recently published a systematic review, "Gambling Problems in US Military Veterans, in Current Addiction Reports.
International Student Overcomes Turbulent Start to Earn Dream Degree
Unexpected challenges couldn't keep Catherine Msumali from making it to UNLV and (finally) enrolling in Boyd Law’s gaming law and regulation grad program.
The associate director for Lee Business School's Career and Professional Development Office uses her experiences as both a faculty member and alum to mentor students.