Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy) received a grant for $349,773 from the Department of Defense —Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs for research supporting "Enhancing Motor Function in Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation Through Peer-Based Balance and Fall Recovery Skill Training." The research conducted by Lee and colleagues…
Beiyu Lin (Computer Science) co-authored an article, "Early Forecasting of the Impact of Traffic Accidents Using a Single Shot Observation," which has been accepted to SIAM International Conference on Data Mining 2022 (acceptance rate of about 27.8%). The paper was co-authored with Guangyu Meng (University of Notre Dame), Qisheng Jiang (…
Francine J. Lipman (Law) was listed as one of the top 50 Twitter accounts to follow for tax professional news, updates, scholarship, and other tax law happenings by Bloomberg Tax. Follow Lipman @narfnampil to keep up on 2022 tax news.
Mehmet Erdem and Saeed Vayghan (both Hospitality), together with co-authors Dori Davari and SooCheong Jang of Purdue University have published their research study, "Hotel Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic: High-Touch versus High-Tech," in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Research. The findings offer support to…
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) co-published an article, "Dietary Carotenoid Intake and Osteoporosis: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2018," in the Archives of Osteoporosis.
The study examines the associations of α-carotene, β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, lycopene, and lutein + zeaxanthin intake with…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) coauthored an article, "Correlates of COVID-19 Pandemic on Anxiety among Adults in Appalachia, USA" in the Journal of Research in Health Sciences in collaboration with coauthors from Berea College and Northern Kentucky University. The study found that young women were suffering more from COVID-19-related…
Michelle Tusan (History) received an NEH Fellowship to support her book project, The Last Treaty: The Middle Eastern Front and the End of the First World War.
Bryson Carrier (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences) and collaborators from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) recently published a paper in Gait & Posture titled "Reliability and Validity of the Stryd Power Meter during Different Walking Conditions." The Stryd Power Meter was found to be reliable in quantifying gait mechanics…
International Student Overcomes Turbulent Start to Earn Dream Degree
Unexpected challenges couldn't keep Catherine Msumali from making it to UNLV and (finally) enrolling in Boyd Law’s gaming law and regulation grad program.
The associate director for Lee Business School's Career and Professional Development Office uses her experiences as both a faculty member and alum to mentor students.