Katherine Rankin (Libraries) received the Distinguished Service Award from the Western Association of Map Libraries for exemplary efforts toward the betterment of the association. The association is an independent group of map librarians and other people with an interest in maps and map librarianship. 

John M. Bowers (English) had his book Tolkien's Lost Chaucer — based on his discovery of an unpublished, unknown book by the author of The Lord of the Rings — accepted for publication by Oxford University Press.

Marcia Ditmyer (Dental) received a five-year, $1 million from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources & Services Administration designed to aid the School of Dental Medicine in recruiting and retaining junior full-time clinical faculty.

Dr. Edward Lynch (Dental) co-authored “Fluoride in Fish Flesh, Fish Bone and Regular Diet in the South-Coastal Area of Karnataka State of India,” which appeared in the Indian Journal of Dental Research. The collaborative study involved faculty and students from UNLV School of Dental Medicine; NITTE University department of oral biology and…

Jessica Doolen (Nursing) co-authored an article, "An Integrative Review of Interprofessional Simulation in Nursing Education," which was published in Clinical Simulation in Nursing.

Drs. Ovunc Bardakcioglu, Joseph P. Thornton, David G. Weismiller, Robert C. Wang, Renu S. Jain, Beverly A. Neyland, Annabel E. Barber, John Fildes, John Ham, and Daniel M. Kirgan (all Medicine) were recently listed in the "Best Doctors" issue of Desert Companion magazine. The list includes Bardakcioglu and Thornton (both colon and rectal…

Tricia Gatlin and Marcia Clevesy (both Nursing), along with coauthor Kord Strebel, have written an article, "Is There a Relationship Between Gestational Diabetes and Perinatal Depression?" which appears in MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing.

The UNLV Student Alumni Association partnered with the Pack Shack to support the food insecurity needs of the campus community. Alumni and students teamed up and packed meals for those in need. More than 12,800 meals were packed by volunteers on Monday. All meals were delivered to the UNLV Food Pantry to help students and staff. Photos…

Aude Picard (Life Sciences) was awarded a Research Infrastructure Grant of $45,000 from the Nevada Space Grant Consortium for her research project “Evaluating the Impact of Oxidation on Biosignatures Preserved in Minerals”. She will study the composition and physical properties of minerals precipitated in the presence of microorganisms and…