Jennifer Vaughan (Fine Arts) was named "Executive of the Year" at the 32nd Annual Silver State Women's Awards on April 8 at a ceremony inside Resorts World, Las Vegas. Vaughan is the communications director for the College of Fine Arts.

Jin Ouk Choi (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) received the 2023 Modular Building Fellow Award from the Modular Building Institute (MBI) at the 2023 World of Modular Conference, which had over 1,500 registrants, on April 1, 2023, held in the Bellagio Hotel. The Modular Building Fellow Award is awarded for…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the official blog of UNLV's ombuds office. The post, titled "No, We (Usually) Don’t Want to Hear About Your Ex," explored how living in the past can negatively impact the present, and offered a few tips for helping colleagues step away from memory lane.  For more…

Carlos S. Dimas (History) was a panelist at "Broadcasting the Local" at California State University Channel Islands. He spoke to faculty, staff, students, and community members on his upcoming audio documentary commemorating the anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which was funded through the National Endowment for the…

Carlos S. Dimas (History) was an invited speaker to California State University Channel Island's History Community Seminar. He presented on his book, Poisoned Eden: Cholera Epidemics, State-Building, and the Problems of Public Health in Tucumán, Argentina, 1865-1908 published in 2022 through University of Nebraska Press

Christina Miskey and Richard Saladino (both Libraries) recently published their article, "Showing Impact in the Visual Arts and Design Disciplines: A Study of Faculty Usage and Knowledge with an Academic Librarian Perspective," in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication based on a survey of UNLV arts and architecture faculty that…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published a paper titled, "Identification of two insecticide resistance markers in Ethiopian Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes using a multiplex amplicon sequencing assay," in the journal Scientific Reports. The expansion of Anopheles stephensi poses a significant threat to malaria control…

Congratulations to the following winners of the 2023 College of Education Faculty Awards: Distinguished Research Award: Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) Distinguished Teaching Award: Tina Vo, Teaching & Learning Distinguished Service Award: Sophie Ladd, Teaching &…

Godson Ebenezer Adjovu (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) has won the 2nd place for the student poster competition held on April 4, 2023, as part of the 2023 Spring Conference of the CA-NV Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) held in San Diego, California.