Grant: Szu-Ping Lee
Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy) received a $13,505 grant from the Mountain West CTR-IN and National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health for his “Prosthetic Assessments of Gait and Mobility in Individuals with Lower Limb Loss” research study, which will explore functional mobility and limb loading…
Notable: John Hay
John Hay (English) has been awarded a 2016 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship. The ACLS annually selects its Fellows from across the humanities and social sciences. Fellows may be scholars at any stage of their careers. The last UNLV professor to receive an ACLS Fellowship was Joanne Goodwin (History) in 1995.
Honors: Vaune Kadlubek
Vaune Kadlubek (Health Sciences) and four of her fellow Santa Barbara High School alumni received the school’s Wall of Fame award during the 16thannual induction ceremony in March. Kadlubek’s award recognizes her place on the U.S. women’s national water polo team, becoming the team’s coach; her staff position on the 1984 and 1996 Olympic water…
Published: Katherine Dockweiler, LeAnn Putney, and Teresa Jordan
Katherine Dockweiler, LeAnn Putney (both Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Teresa Jordan (Environmental and Public Affairs) are the authors of the article “Enhancing the Policy Analysis Process: Case Studies Using the Layers of Analysis Framework," appearing in the Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research. The Layers of…
Notable: Department of Physical Therapy
The Physical Therapy department (Allied Health Sciences) has been ranked 79th in the nation in the 2016 Best Grad School Survey by U.S. News & World Report.
The department improved its previous ranking by more than 80 points. According to information provided by U.S. News, all rankings are based solely on the results of peer assessment…
Presentation: Ruben Garcia
Ruben Garcia (Law) will present on the Plenary Panel: "Friedrichs v. CTA: What Will the Future Bring?" at the annual Conference of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education this month in New York.
Accreditation: Radiography Program
The Radiography program (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) has been awarded an eight-year accreditation by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) .This is the JRCERT’s maximum duration for accreditation. The JRCERT is the only agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for the accreditation of…
Honors: Anjala Krishen and Pushkin Kachroo
Anjala Krishen (Marketing and International Business) and Pushkin Kachroo (Electrical and Computer Engineering), along with two past doctoral students, Orie Berezan, who earned a doctoral degree from the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration and is now a faculty member at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and…
Honors: Nikki Davis
Nikki Davis (Journalism and Media Studies) was named one of the most promising multicultural students of 2016 by the American Advertising Federation (AAF). She was one of 50 students selected for the prestigious program’s 20th anniversary class. She was one of only three students from the western United States.
In recognition of her achievement,…
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