UNLV’s first Circus Research Roundtable brought together a diverse group of individuals including acrobats, trapeze artists, physicians, faculty, students, and strength and conditioning coaches to discuss ways to reduce injuries and boost performance. The wide-ranging discussion touched on areas such as the biomechanics and physiology of movements…

Adam Schroeder (Music), saxophone professor and assistant director of UNLV jazz, was recently awarded a fully-funded grant from the Nevada Arts Council for performing artists in their funding cycle for Jan. 1-June 30, 2023. This grant will help bring to fruition a celebration of the music of jazz trumpet and jazz educator legend, Mr. Clark Terry,…

Assistant Professor-in-Residence Michael Chin (Honors College) is the author of a new book titled, Stories Wrestling Can Tell, published through Cowboy Jamboree Press. The book is an essay collection that explores the experiences of and relationships between four generations of men in Chin's family starting with his Chinese immigrant…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) presented on "Vector control for malaria prevention during humanitarian emergencies: a systematic review and meta-analysis" during the 18th Vector Control Working Group annual meeting on Feb. 6-8 in Accra, Ghana. The results of this study led to the establishment of two new malaria vector…

Dean Angela Amar (Nursing) is featured in, "Celebrating Black Nursing Leaders," a series by Minority Nurse. 

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the official blog of UNLV's ombuds office. The post focuses on the current annual evaluation season, and ponders how it can be a bit better. For more information about the ombuds office, please visit its website.

Professor Levent Atici (Undergraduate Research, Anthropology) is the lead editor of a new book titled, Food Provisioning in Complex Societies: Zooarchaeological Perspectives, published through the University Press of Colorado. Atici also has co-authored a chapter in the book.  Through creative combinations of ethnohistoric evidence,…

LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was asked to present as the opening keynote for the 2023 National Mortar Board week. She will present, "The Tenets of Leadership, Diversity and Equity are More than a Trend." Mortar Board Week commemorates the founding of Mortar Board with a weeklong celebration,…

Steven W. Payne (Early Childhood, Multicultural, and Special Education) published an article, "Cross-Species Replication of Functional Analysis Methodology," in Applied Animal Behaviour Science. This article reviews the literature trends in the burgeoning area of the functional analysis of problem behavior of non-human animals…