Amanda Melilli (Libraries) has completed her term serving as chair of the American Library Association's Rainbow Book List Committee with the publication of the 2023 Rainbow Book List. Melilli, an associate professor and head of the Teacher Development & Resources Library, led a team of 12 youth librarians from across the country to…

Professors KC Tan, James Cross (both Marketing and International Business), and colleagues from Malaysia published the article, "Fostering Closed-Loop Supply Chain Orientation by Leveraging Strategic Green Capabilities for Circular Economy Performance: Empirical Evidence from Malaysian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturing Firms," in…

Nathan C. Higgins, Alexandra N. Scurry, Fang Jiang, David F. Little, Claude Alain, Mounya Elhilali, and Joel S. Snyder published a paper titled, "Adaptation in the sensory cortex drives bistable switching during auditory stream segregation," in Neuroscience of Consciousness. Dr. Higgins and Dr. Little were post-doctoral fellows at UNLV, and…

Faria Tavacoli (Public Health) was selected to be a part of the 2023 Advisory Board of the Born This Way Foundation, an organization co-founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, that supports the mental health of young people and works with them to build a kinder and braver world. The board consists of 31 people, ages 15 to 24 who…

Gabson Baguma (Civil and Environmental Engineering) emerged the best Graduate Poster Presenter with an award of $600 at the Nevada Water Resources Association (NWRA) conference held in Reno on Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2023.

Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) recently published her article, "Healing-Centered Educator Activism in Mathematics Actualized by Women of Color Mathematics Teacher Activists," in the journal, Equity and Excellence in Education.

On Saturday, February 4th, 2023, the BBC's Outlook program re-broadcast a 45-minute special on the life and work of UNLV visiting professor Roberto Lovato (English) and his award-winning memoir, Unforgetting. The program was broadcast worldwide.

Marla Goins (Teaching and Learning) published an article in Comparative Education Review titled, "Diva’s Culturally Sustaining Black Feminism: Tales from an Afro-Brazilian Teacher-Activist-Mother." The article centers an Afro-Brazilian woman named Diva, who promoted a culturally sustaining praxis during a politically divisive time. Diva works to…

Zachary Billot (Political Science, Brookings Mountain West, Lincy Institute) was recently named a recipient of the Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute Fellowship. Competing nationally, he was awarded a competitive spot among a cohort of 30 at Carnegie Mellon University. He will spend seven weeks engaging in rigorous…