Alona Angosta (Nursing), along with Jami-Sue Coleman, '13 PhD Nursing, is the author of the article "The Lived Experiences of Acute Care Bedside Registered Nurses Caring for Patients and their Families with Limited English Proficiency: A Silent Shift," which has been published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing. Coleman now is director of non-…

David Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research) wrote an analysis of the Trump Taj Mahal's recent closing, its former owner (and current Republican presidential nominee) Donald Trump's role in it, and its implications for Atlantic City and America that was published in the Washington Post. Schwartz is a former Taj employee.

Andy Kirk (History) is the author of the new graphic history, Doom Towns: The People and Landscapes of Atomic History, which was released last week by Oxford University Press. The book grew out of Kirk's work over the past 10 years on the award-winning Department of History & Sociology, Nevada Test Site Oral History Project funded by the…

Abegail Cruz Reyes (Health Sciences) was named the Involvement Challenge Winner for 2015-16 by the UNLV Academic Advising Council. The award recognizes Reyes’ consistent above-and-beyond work habits during council functions and her superior knowledge of UNLV policy and procedures. The Academic Advising Council comprises center directors and…

Richard Clark (Residential Life & Student Affairs Maintenance), Jennifer Gray (Student Affairs), and Jeff Panchavinin (UNLV Housing) recently made a presentation at the Association of College & University Housing Officers International Business Operations Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. The topic was "Innovative Housing Partnerships".…

The School of Dental Medicine Class of 2019 participated in the school’s 14th White Coat Ceremony. Seventy-seven second year students were welcomed into the profession, marking the transition from preclinical training to treating actual patients. During the event, the school presented an honorary white coat to John Hunt, '79 BS Accounting, legal…

Richard Miller (Music) and Katrina Liu (Teaching & Learning) are co-directors of a team from the School of Music and the College of Education that has received a $78,000 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad grant. The grant is for the project "Learning about China through Music," which is a collaboration with the Clark County School District…

Heather Monteiro (Marketing and International Business) with co-authors from Georgia Southern University, Jacqueline Eastman, and Bradley University, Rajesh Iyer, recently published their article, "Perceptions of Millennials' Media Attitudes and Use: A Comparison of US and Indian Millennials" in Marketing Management Journal's fall 2016 issue.

Reimund Serafica (Nursing) co-authored “Making Research Delicious: An Evaluation of Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices using the Great American Cookie Experiment with Mobile Device Gaming,” which appeared in the Journal for Nurses in Professional Development. The study explores the promotion of research and innovative, best-practice…