Romeo Jackson (Student Diversity and Social Justice) published a book chapter in the latest text in the Core Concepts in Higher Education series. The chapter is titled "Refuting Contemporaneity: Trans* Experiences In, Out, and Beyond Higher Education Children of the House of "Pay it No Mind" (A Collective of Trans* Scholars in Higher Education and…

Kimberly Case-Nichols (Medicine) was published in the November-December issue of the trade publication of the Pacific Coast Association of Physical Plant Administrators. She manages office space for almost 1,000 employees at UNLV Medicine. Her article, “Experiencing a Space Department Start Up” is a way to share what she has learned with other…

Alain Bengochea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) co-authored a manuscript titled "Native Mexican Parents’ Beliefs About Children’s Literacy and Language Development: A Mixed-Methods Study" in Early Education & Development.

Mark Whiting and Karl Kingsley (both Dental) published their manuscript "Expression of microRNA miR-27, miR-124 and miR-218 Among Dental Pulp Stem Cell (DPSC) Isolates" in the journal Current Research in Dentistry. 

Joshua Jensen (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently presented his thesis, "Delayed Lag Relationship Between Asthma Related In Patient Hospitalization and Air Pollution in the Las Vegas Valley," at the 2018 American Public Health Association annual meeting in San Diego under the supervision of Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and…

Vivek Sah (Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies) recently presented a seminar on current trends in the Nevada housing market to local real estate professionals at an event hosted by Pinnacle Lending Group and Chicago Title.

Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) and Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) co-authored “Serum Nutrient Levels and Aging Effects on Periodontitis,” which suggests that improving specific nutrient intake may provide a novel strategy to affect the significant increase in periodontitis that occurs with aging. The article appeared in the December…

Richard Zwiercan (Libraries) has received the Winberta Yoa Travel Award from the Mountain West Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). The travel awar, established in honor and recognition of Art Librarian Winberta Yao, is used to cover travel expenses for ARLIS/NA conference participation. Zweircan, who has…

Brittany Paloma Fiedler and Chelsea Heinbach (Libraries) received the 2018 Innovative Solutions Award from the UNLV University Libraries for a pilot program to expand Libraries services to English 102 students.