Jenna Weglarz (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) was recently selected as a fellow for the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations. She will work with leading researchers from across the country to promote research supporting the social and emotional development of young children with and without disabilities in Nevada.

The Hospitality College's new academic building, Hospitality Hall, recently received its silver LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, which evaluated the facility’s sustainability and environmental impacts in nine categories, such as energy efficiency and air quality.

Kevin Wright (Student Diversity and Social Justice) has been selected as one of the recipients of the #BetterMoneyHabits 50 Under $50K list, recognizing 50 young professionals who are practicing solid financial habits on starting salaries of $50,000 or less. He was chosen from more than 2,000 applicants from across the country. This…

Philip Danquah (Environmental and Occupational Health) presented a poster, "Perceptions, Barriers, Attitudes, and Enablers of HIV Prevention Market Strategies among Young College Women: A Systematic Gap Analysis Using Diffusion of Innovation Theory," at the 2018 Nevada Public Health Annual Conference in Las Vegas last month. Danquah is pursuing a…

Susan Byrne (World Languages) was an invited guest for a celebration of International Hispanism, organized by the foundation Duques de Soria, earlier this month. Fifty-eight invited Hispanists from 35 countries participated in the events, held in the Casa de las Americas, the Real Academia de la Lengua Española and the Palacio de El Pardo in…

Johan Bester (Medicine) recently had two papers published. His work in bioethics moves the needle forward in the discussion of vaccination. He reframes how we might consider the issue. Bester argues the correct starting point is not what society owes parents, but rather what society owes children. In a separate…

Drs. Edward Lynch and Dr. Martin Grootveld (both Dental) recently published “Mutagenicity Potential of New Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) Materials Incorporated with Azadirachta Indica (Neem) against Salmonella typhimurium” in the international online, open access, peer-reviewed Elsevier Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research.…

Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) recently was interviewed on KNPR's State of Nevada about his op-ed in the Las Vegas Sun calling for more oversight for payday lending firms.

Deborah Arteaga (World  Languages) has been certified as a medical interpreter (Spanish-English) by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters.