Emma Frances Bloomfield (Communication) is a contributor to the new edited volume, Virtual Dark Tourism: Ghost Roads. Her chapter, titled "Thanaviewing, the Aokigahara Forest, and Orientalism: Rhetorical Separations between the Self and Other in The Forest" analyzes how using Japan's Aokigahara Forest as a backdrop for the…

Dharini Bhammar (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) received a Developmental Research Program grant from the IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence for her research study “Reducing exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in obese asthmatic children.” Her work will establish the effectiveness of interval warm-up exercise for preventing…

Won-Yong Oh (Business) and his co-authors' business case "Uniqlo: Expansion into Canada" was published with the Ivey Publishing.  This case describes how Uniqlo, a Japanese fast fashion company, entered the Canadian retail market.    

Anthony Lucas (Hospitality) and his co-author's paper "How Changes in the House Advantages of Reel Slots Affect Game Performance" was recently published in the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly. The study aims to empirically examine how changes in pars affect game performance.

Erica Reid (Teaching & Learning) was named the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education's  Holmes Scholar of the Month for May 2018. The Holmes Program seeks to enrich the scholarly experience and professional training of talented graduate-level students from underrepresented minority backgrounds or students with…

Reimund Serafica (Nursing) was named president-elect of the Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association of Nevada for the 2018-2019 term. The association’s newly-formed Nevada chapter strives to positively affect the health and well-being of Asian American Pacific Islanders and their communities throughout the Silver State. Serafica…

John Starkey's (Business) BUS 103 class raised $5,063 during the 2018 spring semester. The money will benefit four charities chosen by the students: Southern Nevada Children First, Veterans Village Las Vegas, The Trauma Intervention Program of Southern Nevada and Jobs for Nevada's Graduates. Students who participated in this semester's…

Won-Yong Oh (Business) and his co-authors' paper "Intragroup Transactions, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Philanthropy in Korean Business Groups" was published in the Journal of Business Ethics.  This study examines how the corporate philanthropy decisions of group-affiliated firms in Korea (Chaebol firms) are made. Journal of Business…

Dr. Joshua J. Goldman, chief resident in the UNLV School of Medicine Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, has been writing, for the last six months, on the subjects of medical student, resident, and physician wellness. His work has been featured on Doximity and KevinMD. His most recent piece, published on…