Francine Lipman (Law) recently co-wrote an article, "Heal the Suffering Children: Fifty Years After the Declaration of War on Poverty," for the Boston College Journal of Law & Social Justice. He co-author was UNLV alum Dawn Davis.

Ralf Sudowe (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) and Derek McLain (Radiochemistry) wrote "Extraction Behavior of Americium and Curium on Selected Extraction Chromatography Resins from Pure Acidic Matrices," which studies the extraction properties of chromatography resins and their potential application in the areas of nuclear forensics,…

Stacey Tovino (Law) has written three new law review articles. The first, "Lost in the Shuffle: How Health and Disability Laws Hurt Problem Gamblers," will be featured in the Tulane Law Review. Another, titled "Silence Is Golden ... Except in Health Care Philanthropy," will appear in the University of Richmond Law Review. Her third article, "…

Patti Shock (Hotel) is being inducted into the Convention Industry Council (CIC) Hall of Leaders 2014, the highest award in the industry. A Hall of Leaders Awards Gala will take place in October. The CIC is a federation of 33 industry associations. Shock retired from full-time teaching last year after 25 years at UNLV, but still teaches online.

Rachel Anderson (Law) was featured recently in Lawyers of Color magazine's "50 Under 50" list, which recognizes the nation's most influential minority law professors who are 50 years old or younger.

Elizabeth MacDowell (Law) presented her work in progress, "Rethinking Access to Justice: Self-help, Advocacy and the Poor People's Courts," at the Association of American Law Schools Clinical Conference. She also presented her empirical research on the project as part of the Bellow Scholars' panel at the conference.

Stacey Tovino (Law) gave a talk titled "Mental Health Benefit Disparities after the Affordable Care Act" in March at a mental health law symposium hosted by the Mississippi College School of Law's Bioethics and Health Law Center. The symposium was titled "Mental Health in Mississippi." In April she gave a talk as part of a Translational…

Jeanne Price and David McClure (both Law) participated in a panel discussion on Gamifying Access at the Nevada Conference on Digital Learning held at UNLV in April. Their talk was titled "Institutional Repositories as Gamified Environments to Stimulate Student Agency and Faculty Impact."

Rachel Anderson (Law) moderated a Black History Month panel on Judicial and Black Legal History in Nevada. The February event was sponsored by the Clark County Black Caucus.