Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) has been named by Nevada Business magazine as Southern Nevada’s 2018 Healthcare Hero - Educator for her dedication to preparing the next generation of dental professionals. She teaches public health, tobacco cessation, health promotion, behavioral sciences, and access-to-care topics within the pre-doctoral dental…

David Orentlicher (Law) recently published “Politics and the Supreme Court: The Need for Ideological Balance,” in the University of Pittsburgh Law Review. The divisive battle over the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court reflects a disturbing reality — the justices’ personal ideologies exert undue influence on the court’s…

Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) presented a paper titled "Los Tres Sentidos Incorpóreos en el Persiles" during the Tenth International Conference of the Asociación de Cervantistas, in Madrid, Spain. The conference was held at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Alyssa Crittenden (Anthropology), along with co-authors Coren Apicella (University of Pennsylvania) and Victoria Tobolsky (Harvard), received the 2018 Margo Wilson Award for the Best Paper of 2018 published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior.  

Brittany Bronson (English) was featured this month on The Takeaway, National Public Radio's national news program, discussing economic justice and the value of service industry workers. In addition to teaching English at UNLV, she is an alum, having earned a master's degree in English in 2014.  

Brian Hedlund, Kelly Ai-Sun Tseng (both Life Sciences), Dharini Bhammar, Arpita Basu (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Sarah Harris (Electrical and Computer Engineering) participated in the annual statewide Nevada-INBRE (IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence) meeting at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno last month. The faculty…

Rachell Ekroos (Nursing) has been named a "healthcare hero" for 2018 by Nevada Business Magazine. Ekroos, who received the Humanitarian Healthcare Hero award, was one of 10 health professionals from Southern Nevada honored by the publication in categories ranging from educator, administrator, and care provider to community partner, humanitarian,…

Johan Bester (Medicine) published an article on the use of the harm principle as the ethical decision-making standard in the medical care of children. This article, published in the American Journal of Bioethics, generated substantial debate through a series of commentaries appearing in the same issue, with Bester also being given the opportunity…

Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy) received a research grant by Encompass Health Corporation to support his study "Mobility and Patient-Perceived Outcomes of Rehabilitation after Lower Extremity Amputation Surgery." His work aims to improve the efficacy of physical therapy, and to enhance mobility and quality of life among individuals with limb loss…