Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) presented her research “Effect of Meditation and Prayer on Cognitive Function of Older Adults with Multimorbidity” at International Symposium of Contemplative Practices, Mind and Life Institute Flagship Conference, in Phoenix. She also received a scholarship to attend this conference.  

Donica’ Beckett (Public Health), Philip Danquah (Social Work), Johanna Andrews (Public Health), Melva Thompson-Robinson (Public Health), Carolee Dodge Francis (Education). Presented a research poster, "Perspectives of Vulnerability to Sexual Risk Behaviors among Self-Identified Heterosexual African American College Students…

Jennifer Kawi (Nursing) is the recipient of a $30,000 Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare award to support three Jonas Scholars with a $10,000 scholarship each in the 2018-2020 Jonas Scholar cohort.  Catherine Dingley (Nursing) submitted the application.

David Becker (Journalism and Media Studies Graduate Teaching Assistant), is one of the producers of Cracked Up. The film follows Saturday Night Live actor Darrell Hammond and his history of child abuse.The film premiered Nov. 14 in New York City as part of the DOC NYC, a storytelling documentary festival. It is an Academy-qualifying…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) recently published "What Does the 1992 Consensus Mean to Citizens in Taiwan?" on the Diplomat. The article analyzes first-hand survey data and reveals that Taiwanese people do not have a consensus on the definition of the 1992 Consensus.

Stewart Chang (Law) published an article, "Our National Psychosis: Guns, Terror, and Hegemonic Masculinity" in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.  Chang was interviewed on the "Taking Liberties" podcast about the article. 

Ashley Yuill, assistant director of the Jean Nidetch Women's Center, presented a webinar for the American College Personnel AssociationCommission for Student Involvement.  The topic was "Supporting our Student Survivors: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Supervision."

Erika Engstrom (Communication Studies) presented her co-authored paper with Joseph M. Valenzano III of the University of Dayton, "The (Unseen) Order of the Study Group: NBC's Community and Religious Humor" at the annual conference of the National Communication Association in Salt Lake City. Their study examined how the comedy series used satire to…

Amy Bouchard and Chad Warren (both Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement) were awarded the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Pinnacle Award for their work with the UNLV Alumni Association at a ceremony held this week. They won in the category for Tactics: Best Usage of Data/Analytics for the UNLV Alumni Attitude Survey…