Published: Benjamin Edwards
Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) published an op-ed in The Hill explaining why Trump's tweet tipping the Labor Department's Employment Report undermines financial institutions.
Grant: Jing Nong Liang and Jefferson Kinney
Jing Nong Liang (Physical Therapy) and Jefferson Kinney (Psychology) received a Faculty Opportunity Award in the collaborative interdisciplinary research category for their study “Modifying the Spinal Circuitry to Improve Walking and BDNF Expression in Individuals Post-Stroke.” Liang also received a School of Allied Health Sciences Summer Research…
Presentation: Satish Bhatnagar
Satish C. Bhatnagar (Math) gave an invited talk to the Gujarat Ganit Parishad and Geometry Club of Ahmedabad on an overseas trip to India in May. He gave the talk, "Navigating the Straits of Geometry," at the Vikram Sarabhai Science Community Center, which is near the main campus of Gujarat University.
Notable: Gérard Beck
Gérard Beck (Word Languages and Cultures) organized and coordinated a week-long professional workshop at UNLV in May in partnership with the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., and the Chamber of Commerce in Paris. Designed to develop courses and official certifications in French for business and tourism, this workshop welcomed 20 professors from…
Presentation: John Mercer, Cordero Roche, and Karenn Beltran
John Mercer, Cordero Roche, and Karenn Beltran (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) represented UNLV and the department during the 8th annual Science & Technology Expo in May. They demonstrated research tools, including a force platform, cycle ergometer, electromyography, and hand grip dynamometer that are used in one of the department’s…
Published: Karl Kingsley, Robert Tate Chauncey, Kai Katch, Toni Jilka, and Beau Seager
Karl Kingsley, Robert Tate Chauncey, Kai Katch, Toni Jilka, and Beau Seager (all Dental) published a peer-reviewed manuscript titled "Isolation and Identification of Oral Cancer Stem Cells (CSC) within Commercially Available Cell Lines" in the journal Current Research in Dentistry.
Appointment/Election: Yuri Graves
Yuri Graves (Police Services) became president of the Nevada Emergency Preparedness Association (NEPA) on June 1. In that position, he can effect change and cooperation as well as facilitate assistance with emergency management and public safety issues among various Nevada jurisdictions, tribes, and other stakeholders across the state.…
Published: Heather Lusty
Heather Lusty (Honors) just published The Border Line: Soldier Stories by D.H. Lawrence (edited with Introduction) with Palamedes Classic. The short-story collection is the first to focus solely on Lawrence's representations of the soldier figure. The author's own tumultuous experience with the Military Service Act (1916) left a…
Grant: Kai-Yu Ho and David Lee
Kai-Yu Ho (Physical Therapy) and David Lee (Life Sciences) received a Faculty Opportunity Award in the collaborative interdisciplinary research category for their study “Knee Pain, Tendon Degeneration, and Limb-Socket Dynamics in Trans-Tibial Amputees.” Their work seeks to understand how below-the-knee prosthetic sockets influence the transmission…
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