Jill Lukas (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) has been awarded the Kathleen W. McCartan Award. It is given to undergraduate or masters-level students who have made significant contributions through service to the field, community, and professional organizations. She is a graduate student studying early childhood education.

Alona Angosta and Andrew Thomas Reyes (both Nursing) co-authored the paper, "Is Intimate Partner Violence a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease in Women? A Review of the Preponderance of Evidence," which was published in Health. Angosta's program of research is in the area of cardiovascular disease while Reyes' program of research focuses on…

Toni Repetti, Mehmet Erdem, and Tony Henthorne (all Hospitality), along with Jinhua Hong, '18 MS Hotel Administration, recently co-authored the paper "Effect of Guest Demographics on Perception of Hotel Room Price." Accepted by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, the study analyzed whether guests' demographic profiles influenced…

Rachell Ekroos (Nursing) recently presented at the Evidence Management Conference sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Institute of Justice. She presented "Collection and Packaging Issues for Sexual Assault Kits" and participated on a panel that presented The Role of Medical Professionals in the…

Nancy J. Uscher (Fine Arts) recently was elected secretary of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) Board. UNLV's College of Fine Arts will host the ICFAD annual meeting in Las Vegas in 2021. Uscher has been dean of the College of Fine Arts since the summer of 2016.

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) was the featured speaker at the October meeting of the Italian-American Club of Las Vegas. His talk, "A History of Italian-Americans in Las Vegas, with a Focus on Hospitality," was warmly received, and by popular demand he delivered additional remarks about current issues in the gaming industry. A robust…

Richard Gardner (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) and co-authors Jeffrey Bednar (Brigham Young University), Bryan Stewart (BYU), James Oldroyd (BYU), and Joseph Moore (Stanford University) recently had their paper, "'I Must Have Slipped through the Cracks Somehow': An Examination of Coping with Perceived Impostorism and the Role of…

Vivek Sah (Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies) recently presented his paper, "Steering Consumers to Affiliated Financial Services: Evidence from Brokered Housing Transactions," at the Cambridge-NUS-University of Florida Symposium at University of Cambridge.

Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) was invited to give a plenary talk at the 14th Coloquio Internacional de la Asociación de Cervantistas, held at the Università Ca' Foscari in Venice, Italy, earlier this month. Her talk was titled "Cervantes y el Derecho: Préstamos Recíprocos."