Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute and William F. Harrah Hotel College) published an article, "Crisis management practices in the hospitality and gambling industry during COVID-19" in International Hospitality Review in collaboration with coauthors and International Gaming Institute colleagues Brett Abarbanel, Marta…

Romeo Jackson (Student Diversity & Social Justice), with Antonio Duran of Auburn University, published a book chapther "The Role of Power and Oppression in the Classroom: Actualizing the Potential of Intersectionality in Teaching and Learning" in Teaching and Learning for Social Justice and Equity in Higher Education book.

Ruben J. Garcia (Law) published his article "Building Worker Collective Action Through Technology" in Volume 65 of the St. Louis University Law Journal.  The article argues for the development of mobile applications for workers to leverage collective power by providing voice channels to each other and to government agencies.

Richard A. Darnold (Business) this month was issued his third patent around a system that learns, measures, and monitors water flow in an irrigation system. Incorporating a smart phone or other device, the system will interrupt water flow when anomalies are detected and will notify users. The Smart Irrigation System for Monitoring and Controlling…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article, "COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among College Students: A Theory-Based Analysis" in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health in collaboration with coauthors from University of Arkansas and University of Alabama.  The article is very timely…

Arpine Mkrtchyan (World Languages and Cultures) has successfully completed the online training "Parcours évaluation (DELF-DALF)'' organized by University CLE Training/ Université CLE Formation / Paris. Mkrtchyan has attended 12 hours (one week) of the training and was awarded a certificate of success earlier this month.

Fraternity and Sorority Life celebrated and competed in its annual Greeks Giving Back Week. This service- and philanthropy-focused week adapted to a hybrid experience benefiting both the UNLV and Clark County communities. Eleven organizations came together to have friendly competition and gave back to four incredible causes. First a two-day walk-a…

Kathryn Houk, Ruby Nugent, Aidy Weeks, and Xan Goodman (Libraries) are among a group of health sciences librarians who will receive President's Awards from the Medical Library Association during the organization's annual meeting in May.  Houk, Nugent, and Weeks will receive the award for their contributions to the MLA Spanish-…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) made two presentations at the recent SUSTEX 2021 Summit. The workshop, Leading Regenerative Systems: Imagining Systems Built to Thrive, and the panel presentation, Intersectionality and Sustainability," included content from a forthcoming publication from Information Age Press and reflected…