Carlos S. Dimas (History) has been awarded a Residential Fellowship at the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Missouri, the world’s foremost independent research library devoted to science, engineering, and technology While there, he will research his new project A Nation of Climates: Agriculture, Climatology, and Nation-Building in the Argentine…

Jennifer R. Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently co-authored an article titled "Accessibility and Accommodations for Patients with Mobility Disabilities in a Large Healthcare System: How are we doing?"  The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accessibility of and accommodations for patients with mobility…

Johann Heske (Theatre), a UNLV senior and former campus recreation lifeguard, recently used his UNLV lifeguard training to help save a life while on a plane. While on a flight from Germany to Las Vegas, a passenger had been drinking, and could not be awakened. Heske, seated two rows back, jumped up and offered help. He put the passenger's seat…

Eric Cardona (TRIO Student Support Services) and Kevin Wright (Student Diversity and Social Justice) were recognized as Distinguished Men of Color in Higher Education and participated in a discussion with prominent scholars working in California and Michigan, as well as current scholar-practitioners from Nevada State College, the College of…

Linda Lister (Music), Brian Hedlund (Life Sciences), and Zhaohuan Zhu (Physics and Astronomy) have been selected by the NSHE Board of Regents to receive this year's Regents’ Awards, which honor accomplishments that increase NSHE’s stature in five areas: teaching, academic advising, creative activities, research, and early-career (or “rising”)…

Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) presented a new draft paper, "Performance-Based Investor Protection," at a workshop on financial regulation at Indiana's Mauer School of Law. The draft makes the case for a comprehension-based framework for regulating investment advice. Participants included faculty from the Columbia Law School, University of Pennsylvania…

Maggie Farrell (Libraries) was elected as treasurer of the American Library Association (ALA) for 2019-22. She will step into that role at the close of the 2019 ALA annual conference in Washington, D.C. this summer.   

Brookings Mountain West is pleased to release a new policy brief from Brookings Senior Fellow in Governance Studies Molly Reynolds titled, "The 2018 Midterms in the Mountain West." In the piece, Reynolds explores how the 116th Congress has begun with a bang, with a protracted government shutdown and promises of aggressive oversight…

Sajjad Ahmad (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) and Jun Yong Kang (Chemistry) recently were selected for the Barrick Scholar Awards, which recognize UNLV faculty members who have produced a significant amount of high-quality, interdisciplinary research or creative output recognized by scholars and journals within and…