Chris Heavey (Academic Affairs), Carl Reiber (Academic Affairs), and Dan Bubb (Academic Assessment) presented a poster of UNLV's general education and assessment program at the Association for General and Liberal Studies annual conference in Indianapolis in September. The poster depicted the levels of UNLV's vertically integrated general education…

Rebecca Springs (Chemistry) received the 2013 Coryell Award from the American Chemical Society's Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology for her research in nuclear safeguards. The award, named for American chemist Charles Dubois Coryell, recognizes undergraduate students who complete original research in nuclear chemistry, radiochemistry, or…

Vanessa Gepielago (Nursing) received the Lillian Wald Community Nursing Award for her efforts to encourage a change in Nevada law regarding sexual education. She encouraged the review and passage of a bill that would modernize the current curriculum, which she believes would help reduce the state's rising teen pregnancy rate. The award is named in…

George Rhee (Physics and Astronomy) is the author of Cosmic Dawn: The Search for the First Stars and Galaxies (Springer 2013). The visible universe consists of stars and galaxies. One of the challenges of astronomy is to understand how galaxies and stars first came into existence more than 13 billion years ago. This book tells the story of our…

Barbara St. Pierre Schneider (Nursing) had her work published in the August issue of Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, which is the official journal of the Aerospace Medical Association. The article, "Simulated Flight, Muscle Genetics, and Inflammatory Indicators in Mice," describes her research testing the effects of short-term…

Emilio "Louie" Puentedura (Physical Therapy) co-authored the text book, "Therapeutic Neuroscience Education,"which was published in August. The textbook illustrated the importance of beliefs and cognitions in regard to pain and how changing patients' cognitions can lead to significant improvement. It also demonstrated how to teach patients the new…

Frank Cucinotta (Health Physics & Diagnostic Sciences) had his work published in the August issue of the Annals of ICRP (International Commission of Radiological Protection). He co-authored the article, "Assessment of Radiation Exposure of Astronauts in Space," which describes the terms and methods used to assess the radiation exposure of…

Peter Jakubowski (Dance) has been engaged to design the new signature work for the Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH). The work he is doing is choreographed by Thaddeus Davis and Tanya Wideman and will premiere in Washington, D.C., this month. Its topic is the Harlem renaissance and how the rebirth of DTH, which had closed its doors for a few years,…

Jonathon Anderson (Architecture) recently was awarded a 2013-14 Platinum A' Design Award for his installation, Opx2. The installation explores a symbiotic relationship between nature and technology - where patterns, repetition, and rhythm describe both natural formations and operations of computing processes. The Platinum A' Design Award is a…