Cheryl Maes (Nursing) was reappointed as the President of the Nevada State Board of Nursing for another four-year term by the Governor's Office. In this role, Maes will use her expertise and dedication to help protect the public's health, safety, and welfare through nursing regulations.   

John Curry (History) attended the College Board Advanced Placement World History: Modern Examination Development Committee meeting, held in Reston, Virginia, as the Higher Education Co-Chair representative. The meeting spent four days designing and finalizing the questions for several different versions of next year's Advanced Placement exams for…

David Tanenhaus (Law; History) delivered the Brieland Lecture on "In the Meantime, the Past and Future of Juvenile Justice." as the 17th Brieland Visiting Scholar at the University of Illinois School of Social Work.

Ana Gonzalez, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a poster tilted “Developing an instrument based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to track calories among adults” at the American Public Health Association 2024 Annual Meeting October 27-30, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of the…

Aastha Poudel, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a roundtable talk on “Substance use among people with disabilities: A comprehensive review” at the American Public Health Association 2024 Annual Meeting October 27-30, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of the APHA Student Assembly on Various…

Dale Melgaard (Film) received the Best Short Script award at the Milan Independent Awards Film Festival for The Phatman.

Danielle Mireles (Teaching and Learning) and Anna Acha (University of California, Riverside) recently published a co-authored chapter, "From compliance culture to liberatory access: reimagining disabled & deaf futurities on college campuses and beyond," in the Handbook of Race and Refusal in Higher Education: Like a Path in Tall…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a paper titled, “The advent of the fourth-generation multi-theory model of health behavior change in health promotion and nutrition research” at the 4th International Conference on Nutrition and Healthcare held Nov. 11-12, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand. The presentation was well…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) was honored with the World Changer Award (Alumnus) by the School of Public Health Leadership at their 20th Anniversary celebration on Nov. 8, 2024. This prestigious award recognizes individuals who have made a significant impact as leaders and advocates in public health. The UNLV School of Public Health, formerly known…