Jerwin Tiu (Business Marketing major, Biology minor) has recently been accepted to the Public Policy and International Affairs Program (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute at the University of Washington for the summer of 2023. Among an exceptional pool of applicants, only 20 are being invited to attend the JSI at the Evans School of…

Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal by the office of undergraduate research (OUR) solicits student submissions for its Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal Cover Artwork Award to have a student-designed cover for each spring and fall issue. The competitive award intends to foster student participation in the undergraduate research publication…

Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health) gave a keynote presentation on "Confronting Emerging & Neglected Diseases and Climate Change: From Local to Global" during the Infectious Diseases and Climate Change meeting organized by the National Academy of Science and Technology on Feb. 17 in Manila, Philippines. 

Professor Donald Price (Life Sciences) has been appointed to the NIH COBRE External Advisory Board for the University of Hawaii at Manoa:  "Integrative Center for Environmental Microbiomes and Human Health." As part of this appointment, Price will be attending the annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, from February 23-25, 2023. The COBRE…

Amanda Koziura (Libraries) had an article, "Designing and implementing an instructional triptych for a digital future," published in the Journal of Academic Librarianship.

The Wing lab at UNLV is excited to share their new publication that appears in the open-access, high-impact journal Nucleic Acids Research (Oxford University Press). The research describes a molecular mechanism that regulates gene expression by modulation of DNA topology in bacteria. This work is solely a product of research done at UNLV and…

Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) and Travis Vogan (University of Iowa) have published an article titled, "'Media Industries and Sport Scandals' Redux: Netflix’s Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist," in the International Journal of Sport Communication. The article talks about the recent Netflix documentary on Manti Te…

UNLV Construction Management (CM) undergraduate students participated in Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Regions 6 & 7 Student Competition held in Sparks, Nev., from February 8-11. There were 57 universities with a total of 1613 students and 125 faculty coaches who participated in the competition. In this competition, the student…

Michael Bublé and his team of musicians, including UNLV professor Adam Schroeder (Music), won a Grammy in the category of Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for his record "Higher." This marks his second Grammy win over the past three years.  Schroeder is an assistant professor of saxophone and assistant director of UNLV jazz.