Emma Regentova (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Alexander Barzilov (Mechanical Engineering) received a $350,000 award from Battelle Savannah River Alliance for their "Advanced Machine Learning-Based Analysis of Optical Sensor Data on the Drone Platform for Robust Detection of Methane Leaks" project. Two graduate and four undergraduate…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward, (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) participated in Making Ideal Real: A Gathering of National Early Learning Policy Influencers with the Bainum Family Foundation and WeVision Early Education in Washington, D.C. She represented the Council for Exceptional Children's Division for Early Childhood and…

Daniel Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was named 2023 Friends of Nevada Wilderness Volunteer of the Year for wilderness stewardship and educational outreach.

Juliana Byzyka (Transportation Research Center; Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) accepted a three-year appointment to the Standing Committee on Pavement Maintenance — AKT30 of the National Academies’ Transportation Research Board (TRB). Members of a TRB standing committee contribute with…

Sam Leif (Summer Term) and Matthew Montalto (Anthropology) published "Morra Cinematic Game System," a chapter in the book Learning, Education, & Games Vol. 4: 50 Games to Use for Inclusion, Equity, and Justice.

LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) served as the editor and a chapter author for the textbook, Pursuing Equity and Success for Marginalized Educational Leaders, which has been officially released. The textbook is available in electronic format, meaning hundreds of IGI-Global e-Book…

LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has been elected to serve as secretary/treasurer-elect (one-year term begins in 2024) of the Research on the Superintendency Special Interest Group (SIG #097). The term will begin at the conclusion of the 2024 AERA Annual Meeting. Special interest groups play a…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health), and Sidath Kapukotuwa (Social and Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “Mini Review: Possible role of the multi-theory model of health behavioral change in designing substance use prevention and treatment intervention,” in the…

Victoria Symonds (Dental) accepted a three-year appointment to the American Dental Association’s (ADEA) Associated American Dental Schools Application Service advisory group. The advisory group supports ADEA staff in reviewing and revising questions in the application, suggesting changes for data in WebAdMIT, and other essential items related to…