Published: Xue Xing and Howard Gordon
Xue Xing and Howard R. D. Gordon (both Teaching and Learning) published an article, "Mediating Effects of School Engagement between High School on-Time Completion and Career and Technical Education," in the journal Vocations and Learning. This study found that career and technical education (CTE) coursework had strong positive influence on…
Grant: School of Dental Medicine and Christina Demopoulos
The School of Dental Medicine received a $50,000 grant from the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation to support its efforts in the fight against COVID-19 and related crises, and to advance access to care for those in need. Dr. Christina Demopoulos created a plan and will lead the effort to maximize the gift’s impact. The money will be used to…
Presentation: Satish Bhatnagar
Satish C. Bhatnagar (Math) earlier this month gave an invited webinar on ‘The Metamorphosis of Classroom Teaching in the Post Pandemic World: National and International Perspectives." It was organized by Mentorx and KR College of Education (Faridabad), which is affiliated with Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University (India). He is the author of Plums,…
Notable: Kevin Wright
Kevin Wright (Student Diversity & Social Justice), along with Diane Pollard of Rainbow Dreams Educational Foundation, and Las Vegas City Councilman Cedric Crear, participated in an episode of KNPR's program, State of Nevada. The title of the episode is "Las Vegas Black Community Hopes Juneteenth Becomes National Holiday."
Published: Colleagues from Environmental and Occupational Health and School of Medicine
John Olawepo, Jennifer Pharr, Axenya Kachen, Babayemi Olakunde, and Francisco Sy (all Environmental and Occupational Health) and Chad Cross (Medicine) recently published an article, "Changes in Body Mass Index among People Living with HIV Who Are New on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" in the…
Published: Szu-Ping Lee and Lung-Chang Chien
Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy), Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health) and former UNLV student co-authors recently published an article, "Financial difficulty in community-dwelling persons with lower limb loss is associated with reduced self-perceived health and well-being” in the journal Prosthetics and Orthotics…
Performance: Bob Tracy and Louis Kavouras
Bob Tracy (Art) and Louis Kavouras (Dance) created a performance art piece and video that is now posted on the Art in Society Conference website. This project was accepted to be performed live in Galway, Ireland, this month but the COVID-19 pandemic upended those plans. What you will see is a work in progress, with more layers to come.
Published: Jeffrey Cummings
Dr. Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) recently published an article outlining a novel method for determining whether Alzheimer’s drug treatments in clinical trials are ready to move on to the next phase. The paper, “Translational Scoring of Candidate Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Systematic Approach,” was published in The Journal of…
Honors: Sheetal Survase and Nicole Stella
Sheetal Survase and Nicole Stella (both Academic Success Center) are recent recipients of the following Region 9 National Academic Advising Association awards: Sheetal Survase, Excellence in Advising, New Advisor and Nicole Stella, Excellence in Advising, Advising Innovation Certificate of Merit. The association is for …
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