James Busser (Hotel) was honored with the 2017 Founder's Award at the 22nd annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism in Houston in January. The Founder's Award recognizes one world-class scholar in the field of hospitality and tourism for his or her significant contributions in research,…

Danny Young (Physical Therapy), Sheniz Moonie, and Tim Bungham (both Community Health Sciences) co-authored “Cross-Sectional Examination of Patient and Therapist Factors Affecting Participation in Physical Therapy in Acute Care Hospital Settings,” which appeared in the January issue of Physical Therapy Journal and again in the PT in Motion…

Takashi Yamashita, Erick López, Marta Soligo, and Jennifer Keene (all Sociology) and graduate students in the department collaborated with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UNLV, and conducted a project on the attitudes toward volunteering among the OLLI participants. The results have been published in the article "Older Lifelong…

Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing) co-authored “Asian American Women's Resilience: An Integrative Review,” which explores the current state of knowledge regarding the resilience of Asian American women. The article was published in the December issue of the Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal.

Qiang Zhu (Physics and Astronomy) recently had a research paper published in Angewandte Chemie. The paper, titled "The Structure of Glycine Dihydrate: Implications for the Crystallization of Glycine from Solution and Its Structure in Outer Space," looks at long-term puzzling crystal structure determination of glycine at low…

The School of Nursing graduated its largest class since 2006 with 89 undergraduate and graduate students. Students graduate during the spring, summer, and fall semester each year, with the school averaging 175 grads per year. Since opening in 1965, the school has graduated nearly 4,500 students.

Patricia Heisser Metoyer (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) will present a paper to the National Association of African and African American Studies Conference on Pan African Perspectives and Research on Mental Illness next month in Dallas. Also, featured at the conference will be educational sessions directed by the National African…

Karen West (Dental Medicine) co-authored “Which Way to Lean? A National Study of Women Dental Faculty Members’ Career Aspirations and Choices,” which appeared in the December issue of the Journal of Dental Education. The article explored factors and perceived barriers for why administrative/leadership positions were or were not sought, and was…

The School of Nursing earned a spot among the country’s top online graduate nursing programs according to the 2017 U.S. News & World Report of best online graduate degree programs. This is the fourth consecutive year the school has earned the recognition. The school’s masters of science in nursing program ranked 20th out of 149 surveyed…