David Dickens (Sociology) and co-author Tyler Schafer, a former sociology graduate student at UNLV, published an article in Qualitative Sociology Review titled, “Social Marking in Memory Entrepreneurship: The Battle Over Zapata’s Legacy.”

Susanna Newbury (Art) has published a lead essay in Incendiary Traces, the catalog accompanying an exhibition on view at the Pomona College Museum of Art through May 14. Her essay, "The Intimate Technology of Remote Vision," addresses the visual rhetoric of remote warfare from the work of the 18th and 19th century artist Francisco de Goya to…

Janelle M. Evans (Film) is the author of a paper, "Understanding the Other, Without 'Othering': An Exploration of the Unique Qualities and Properties of Science Fiction (SF) as the Best Means for Exploring and Improving Social Inequity," which has been accepted for publication by Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism, an interdisciplinary…

Takashi Yamashita, Erick B. López, Marta Soligo, and Jennifer R. Keene (all Sociology) published an article in Adult Education Quarterly titled "Older Lifelong Learners’ Motivations for Participating in Formal Volunteer Activities in Urban Communities."

Huiling Rojas (Registrar) has been named the Administrative Faculty of the Month for December. Her outstanding accomplishment cannot be summarized by a single project or event that benefited the department or university, according to Peter Kim, senior associate registrar. It is something much greater and intangible, yet much more significant and…

UNLV recently was notified that it was honored by the Corporation for National and Community Service with placement on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for 2015. The university received its award in the "general" category for an array of service initiatives, including the Engelstad Scholars program, America Reads, and…

Nada Lukkahatai, Du Feng (both Nursing), and James Navalta (Allied Health Sciences) received a $24,000 research grant from the Oncology Nursing Society Foundation for the study “Effect of Exercise on Cancer Related Fatigue, Heat Shock Protein, and Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factors.” The UNLV Center for Biobehavioral Interdisciplinary Science in…

Sue Ochoa (Registrar) has been named Classified Employee of the Month for December. A seven-year employee of the registrar's office, she is able to publish the commencement program, ensure students can order their caps and gowns, allow students to have their name cards prior to walking across the graduation stage, and have any other barriers to…

James Busser (Hotel) was honored with the 2017 Founder's Award at the 22nd annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism in Houston in January. The Founder's Award recognizes one world-class scholar in the field of hospitality and tourism for his or her significant contributions in research,…