Nicholas Irwin (Economics), Shawn McCoy (Economics/Lied Center for Real Estate), and co-author Katie Jo Black (Kenyon College) recently published an article, "Wildfire risk, salience, and housing development in the wildland–urban interface," in the Journal of Regional Science, the pre-eminent journal in regional and urban…
Among more than 100 chapters of Model United Nations in the United States, the UNLV Model United Nations ranked in the top 50. Undergraduate student Cecilia Winchell is the president of UNLV Model Nations.
Jorge Reyes (Mathematical Sciences) published a micro article titled, "Examples of identities and inequalities for the nonlinear term in the Navier–Stokes equation," in the Journal Examples and Counterexamples.
Jennifer Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health) was invited to present her book chapter, "Transgender Sports Bans are a Human Rights Issue," during the virtual Human Rights in Sports Conference on April 5.
Pharr presented on the impact of transgender sports bans on transgender women athletes and the LGBTQ+ community. She discussed rights…
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.
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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