Jay Nietling (Physics and Astronomy), Katelyn DiBenedetto (Graduate College), Anabel Chavva (Service Learning & Leadership), Sara Tajalli (Writing Center), Shanna Kinzel (Student Union & Event Services), and Jill Zimbelman (Research and Economic Development) are this year's recipients of the Professional Development Awards. These $500…

Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) served as a jury member to determine the winner of the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute's Translation Prize. The award ceremony to recognize prize winner Allen Young for best translation into English of a Spanish novel published between 2010 and 2017 and to award a second prize for…

Rebecca Martin and Zhaohuan Zhu (both Physics and Astronomy) are part of a multi-institute research team that was awarded a NASA Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Networks grant. The grant, "Origin of the giant planet dichotomy: Multi-scale modeling of planetary envelope accretion," is for three years and UNLV will receive…

William Bauer (History and American Indian Alliance) presented a paper, "California Indians and the Legacies of American Violence," at "The Law and Politics of Commemoration: The Legacy of Serranus Hastings," held at the UC Hastings College of Law earlier this month in San Francisco.

Steven T. Bickmore (Teaching & Learning) and co-editors were selected as recipients of the 2019 Divergent Award for Excellence in 21st Century Literacies Award for their publication, Towards a More Visual Literacy: Shifting the Paradigm with Digital Tools and Young Adult Literature.  This award honors those who diverge from…

Daejha Hare (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) was accepted to the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (also known as NASPA) Graduate Associate Program for the 2018-19 academic year. This nationally competitive program is aimed to increase leadership opportunities for graduate students at their home institutions as well…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) is the author of an article, "Patience, Dynamic of Protest, and Democratic Consolidation," which recently published in European Political Science. This article shows how people's time-discounting tendency may impact their decision to join the mass demonstration. In the long run, how citizens…

Erica Marti (Civil and Environmental Engineering) was awarded $189,945 by the National Science Foundation for her project “RII Track-4: Advanced Techniques for Assessing Toxicity and Chemical Uptake in Plants in Water Reuse Solutions.” The project aims to study the effects in food, water, and health that result from the chemical disinfection of…

Ryan Sherman and Jee Woong Park (both Civil and Environmental Engineering) in collaboration with structural engineer Erol Kalkan received $299,782 from the Nevada NDOT Research Program for their project, Galena Creek Bridge Health Monitoring Instrumentation. Their project aims to design a permanent structural health monitoring system on the Galena…