Marta Soligo (Office of Economic Development; Hospitality) was interviewed by Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy's leading newspaper in business and financial information, on the topic of tourism diversification in Las Vegas and Formula 1. Soligo described the ongoing research on spectator sports in Southern Nevada she is conducting with the UNLV Office…

Emylia Terry, Ravi Batra, Jennifer Pharr (all public health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) made an oral presentation of their study, "Factors predicting the discrimination, discrimination vigilance, and physical violence occurrence among sexual minority women: A predictive analysis," at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference held…

Emylia Terry, Ravi Batra, Jennifer Pharr (all public health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) made an oral presentation of their study, "Physical inactivity and psychological morbidities among LGBTQ+: A comparative analysis," at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference held in Atlanta. This study highlighted the need of developing…

Professor Mary Beth Beazley (Law) gave a training on Opinion Writing for the Appellate Courts on behalf of the National Judicial College. The training, which took place on Nov. 17, was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Nov. 17 and was sponsored by the Indiana Appellate Courts. It was attended by clerks for the Indiana appellate courts and the…

Ali Balooch and Zhijian Wu (both Mathematical Sciences) had a peer-reviewed article published in Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. Abstract: "Applications and findings involving the norm of the weighted Dirichlet space D_alpha are steadily being discovered. There are notable characterizations of D_alpha through…

Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) started a podcast called Critical Math Drop with her colleague Michelle Cody where they discuss social justice mathematics. Each episode shares social justice mathematics resources for educators, available on the podcast website. The Critical Math Drop podcast is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify…

A journal, Governance, vol. 7, which highlights the excellent work done by UNLV undergraduates in the Department of Political Science, was recently published. The faculty supervisor is professor Nerses Kopalyan. Professor Martha Phelps assisted with this issue.

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership; Student Affairs) contributed a chapter to the newly published book from Routledge, The Handbook for Climate Change Leadership in Organizations: Developing Leadership for the Age of Sustainability, edited by Doug MacKie. Satterwhite's contribution, titled, "Environmental leadership is contemporary…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the official blog of UNLV's Ombuds Office. "Why I Am the Ombudsman" is a book-end to his previous post, "Why I Am Not the Ombudsman," that explores the importance of accessibility to the Ombuds Office. For more information about the Ombuds Office, please visit its website.…