The Healthy Rebels (Student Wellness), a team of nationally certified peer wellness educators at UNLV, won a BACCHUS Initiatives of NASPA award for Outstanding Peer Education Program at the 2017 BACCHUS General Assembly in November. They were recognized for the "Humans of UNLV" social media initiative, which highlights how students develop…

Eve Hanan (Law) presented a draft of her article, "Remorse Bias," at the Rocky Mountain Junior Scholars Forum at Brigham Young University. The article, which has been accepted for publication in the Missouri Law Review, addresses the potential effects of implicit racial bias in judicial assessments of defendant remorse during sentencing hearings…

The Rebel Events Board, along with the numerous organizations that are part of Fraternity & Sorority Life, worked hard during homecoming week to raise money, present programming, and collect box tops for the students at Paradise Elementary School as part of the 8th annual Adopt-A-School project. From Oct. 16 -18 the UNLV students raised $4,…

Alexis Sauceda-Quintero (Life Sciences) was selected to give an oral presentation of his research at the recent 2017 annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Phoenix. An undergraduate researcher in the lab of Kelly Ai-Sun Tseng (Life Sciences), Sauceda-Quintero presented “Regrowing a Tail: Does…

Edward Lynch (Dental) this month presented two full days of lectures and hands-on practicals for the British Academy of Restorative Dentistry and the Centre for Advanced Professional Practices (CAPP) in Dubai, UAE, which has the sole purpose of delivering excellence in dental continuing medical education in the Middle East and beyond. CAPP is an…

Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) presented a draft law review article, "Venture Bearding," at the Rocky Mountain Junior Scholars Forum at Brigham Young University. The article discusses identity performance at the intersection of entity formation and capital raising.  

Brittany Fiedler (Libraries) has been selected as an American Library Association (ALS) Emerging Leader. The ALA Emerging Leaders program is a leadership development program for newer librarians. The program is limited to no more than 50 participants each year.  The program kicks off with a day-long session during the ALA Midwinter…

Danny Young (Physical Therapy) co-authored “Toward a Common Language for Measuring Patient Mobility in the Hospital: Reliability and Construct Validity of Interprofessional Mobility Measures,” which evaluated the reliability and minimal detectable change of Activity Measure-Post Acute Care Inpatient Mobility Short Form and Johns Hopkins Highest…

Jeffrey Berkbigler (Libraries) presented a session at the Missouri Library Association's annual conference in early October. Fulfilling a commitment he made before joining UNLV in June, Jeffrey led a group discussion for job seekers and hiring managers called "Job Seekers' Support Group: Navigating the Horrible Valley of the Librarian Job Search."