Andrew Thomas Reyes and Katrina Isla (both Nursing), Christopher Kearney (Psychology), and Ross Bryant (Military and Veteran Services Center) co-authored “Student Veterans’ Construction and Enactment of Resilience: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study,” which explored how student veterans prepare themselves to handle the challenges of academic…

Edward Lynch (Dental) was one of the main invited speakers who presented at the annual BDIA conference in the National Exhibition Center in Birmingham, England, in October. He spoke on the theme of “Putting Innovation into Practice” and presented the latest evidenced-based translational research especially related to innovations with…

Lizette Arellano, Shaun Mangelson, and Manuel Rodríguez-P­érez (all World Languages and Cultures) attended the third annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities held at Sacramento State University in October. They presented as a panel a series of essays on the Spanish post-war novel Nada written by Carmen Laforet. The panel covered a…

MaryKay Orgill (Chemistry and Biochemistry) was shocked by the news of the Oct. 1 incident on the Las Vegas Strip. How she reacted and some of her students' responses were featured recently in Chemical & Engineering News.   The morning after the incident, Orgill decided to talk to her class about how the mass shooting…

Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute) recently was awarded a $289,153 research contract from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The funding will provide support for an ongoing project titled “Socio-Economic Impact of the Integrated Resort in Japan and Evaluation of Nevada Gaming Regulatory Processes to Eliminate Organized Crime in Las Vegas…

Melva Thompson-Robinson (Community Health) received a Career Achievement Award from the University of Michigan. This is given to an alumnus who has shown outstanding professional and personal achievement throughout their career in their chosen field and/or public service in any field.

Cory Lampert and Emily Lapworth (both Libraries) presented "What Happens in Nevada ... Gets Digitized!" at the Conference of Intermountain Archivists (CIMA) fall caucus in October. The presentation was part of a Nevada Digital Collections Summit meeting that brought together colleagues from UNLV, UNR Special Collections, and the Nevada State…

Thomas Padilla (Libraries) was a panelist at the Institute for Museum and Library Service's National Digital Platform at Three event in Arlington, Virginia, in October. He spoke on the greatest funding impacts and opportunities on the "Expanding Cultural Heritage Capacity" panel with speakers from the Internet Archive, WGBH, and the University of…

The UNLV Debate Team (Communication Studies) of Matthew Gomez (Political Science) and Jeffrey Horn (Economics) won the Las Vegas Classic Debate Tournament, held at UNLV in October.  Gomez and Horn finished the preliminary debates with a perfect 7-0 record, defeating teams from Gonzaga, Arizona State University,…