Katelyn DiBenedetto (Graduate College) presented at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators conference in Los Angeles earlier this month. Titled "Pillars of Graduate Student Success: Realigning Professional Development Opportunities to Meet the 21st Century Needs of Graduate Students," the presentation focused on how the…

Stephen Miller (Center for Business and Economic Research) co-authored an article with others, titled "A Time-Varying Approach of the US Welfare Cost of Inflation." Their article was published in the March issue of Macroeconomics Dynamics. 

Jamie Davidson (Student Wellness) was an invited participant to the NCAA Sports Wagering and Well-Being Summit held in March. The summit brought together sports wagering organizations and professionals specializing in mental health and wagering disorders. These experts will identify tools and initiatives the NCAA may develop to address…

Patricia Heisser Metoyer (Psychology and Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) is the author of “ Mixedness” and “Ancestral Race Trauma”: The Monster Has No Name, which is a selected publication in the Journal of Intercultural Disciplines and in the Journal of Science and Exploratory Studies. Both journals publish scholarly contributions…

Judd Harbin (Student Affairs Strategic Planning & Assessment) presented with Rohan Thakkar (Campus Labs in Buffalo, New York) and Abbygail Langham (Auburn University) at the 101st annual meeting of NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, which took place in Los Angeles. Their session was titled "Building a Culture of…

Vivek Sah (Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies) recently presented "Regional Housing Update: UNLV/Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies" as part of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors' (GLVAR) 2019 GLVAR Leadership Training Series.

Michael Ian Borer (Sociology) was interviewed about his forthcoming book, Vegas Brews: Craft Beer and the Birth of a Local Scene, (NYU Press) and quoted in the article "Nevada Is the Most Underrated State for Craft Beer" published by Thrillist.

Jennifer Rennels (Psychology) gave a presentation for the Southern Nevada Society for Human Resource Management earlier this month on implicit and explicit biases, how those impact individuals in the workplace, and what can be done to decrease negative outcomes of bias.

Szu-Ping Lee and Carrie Gillis (both Physical Therapy), along with Javier Ibarra, Derek Oldroyd and Ryan Zane (all '16 Doctor of Physical Therapy), co-authored “Heel-Raised Foot Posture and Weightlifting Shoes Do Not Affect Trunk and Lower Extremity Biomechanics during a Barbell Back Squat in Recreational Weight Lifters,” which appears…