Philip Danquah (Environmental and Occupational Health) is this year's recipient of the prestigious Michelle Chino Dissertation Scholarship awarded by the School of Community Health Sciences. The award was presented at the school's honors recognition reception in April. He also works as a graduate assistant in the registrar's office.  …

Thomas Padilla (Libraries) was recently selected as an 2018-2019 Association of Research Libraries Leadership and Career Development Fellow. The yearlong program prepares mid-career librarians from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to take on leadership roles in their careers and in the profession at large. The ARL LCDP…

Janet Dufek and Jeffrey Eggleston (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) shared findings with Lower Extremity Review: Pediatrics from a pair of studies each led related to how walking patterns may help identify autism within children. Their comments appeared in an article titled “Autism Linked to Between-limb Asymmetries across the Gait Cycle”…

Johan Bester (Medicine) was honored by the group Immunize Nevada for his tireless work in ethics of vaccination. Bester, the school's director of bioethics and an assistant professor of family medicine, received a Silver Syringe Award during the organizations 20th annual celebration in April. His thoughtful work on the subject has received…

Xiangxue Xiao and Yingke Xu (both Environmental and Occupational Health and Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine), and Bowen Liu (Math and NIPM) recently published findings in Osteoporosis International, a high-impact peer-reviewed medical journal published by Springer that is an official journal of the International Osteoporosis Foundation…

Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) was interviewed on KNPR’s The State of Nevada on his new book: The Terminal Self.

A.L. Carson and Matthew Murray (both Libraries) gave the presentation "Flying Blind: Creating a Library ORCID Integration Pilot" at the 2018 Digital Initiatives Symposium in San Diego earlier this month.

Edward Lynch (Dental) was invited to the Université de Genève, Faculté de Médecine Clinique Universitaire de Médecine Dentaire, Geneva, Switzerland, by professors Ivo Krejci and Tissiana Bortolotto earlier this month to present research he has recently published and to discuss potential future research collaborations. The University of Geneva…

UNLV Jazz Studies (Music) and its students were honored in the 41st annual DownBeat Student Music Awards, which each year recognizes the top collegiate jazz musicians in the country. The UNLV Honors Quartet won in the Graduate College Small Ensemble Category and pianist Patrick Hogan was the co-winner in the Graduate College Soloist category. The…