Dana Moran Williams (Theatre) in November designed the scenery for the world premiere of Josh Ravetch's new play, One November Yankee, at the NoHo Arts Center in Los Angeles, starring Loretta Swit and Harry Hamlin. Reviews from the major national arts periodicals and newspapers have been very favorable. They include:
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Patricia Iannuzzi (Libraries) has been named 2013 Academic/Research Librarian of the Year by the Association of College and Research Libraries. The award, sponsored by YBP Library Services, recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who has made a significant national or international contribution to academic/research librarianship…
Bob Aalberts (Business) delivered a speech, "Legal Systems of the World: Are They Evolving Toward Unification?" to the School of Law at the University of Tuscia in Viterbo, Italy, in December.
Michael Lugering (Theatre) is the author of The Expressive Actor: Integrated Voice, Movement and Acting Training, which has been republished in a second edition by Routledge Theatre and Performance in the United Kingdom. This second edition has been restructured and reorganized completely and contains 30,000 additional words and numerous new…
Wayne Stolte (Harry Reid Center) has had four articles published recently. They are:
Electronic Structure of Polycrystalline Cadmium Dichloride Studied by X-ray Spectroscopies and ab Initio Calculations, which appeared in Materials Chemistry and Physics.
Anionic and Cationic Photodissociation of the Chloroform Molecule Excited in the…
Kathy Lauckner (Harry Reid Center) is an invited speaker at the upcoming Lead and Healthy Housing Conference that will take place at the Marina Del Ray in Los Angeles later this month. She will moderate a workshop based on her dissertation work for the critical factors necessary to develop a successful lead poisoning prevention program. The…
Amy Bouchard (Alumni) has been elected as treasurer of the Public Relations Society of America's (PRSA) Western District. The district serves 10 chapters on the West Coast and provides support and leadership cultivation for the next generation of professionals to be voices for the PR industry. Previously, she served on the board of directors for…
Ken Czerwinski (Chemistry) has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in the chemistry section. Election as an AAAS fellow is bestowed upon association members by their peers. He was elected because of his distinguished contributions to actinide and fission product chemistry and for building a world-…
Brenda Buck (Geoscience) and her research were the subject of an article, "Health Implications of Dust," which was the cover story for the December issue of CSA News. The publication is the official magazine for members of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.
International Student Overcomes Turbulent Start to Earn Dream Degree
Unexpected challenges couldn't keep Catherine Msumali from making it to UNLV and (finally) enrolling in Boyd Law’s gaming law and regulation grad program.
The associate director for Lee Business School's Career and Professional Development Office uses her experiences as both a faculty member and alum to mentor students.