Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures), was elected a "vocal" (spokesperson) to the Board of Directors of the Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas (International Association of Hispanists) for the triennial period 2016-19.
Refika Turgut (Teaching and Learning) and Margarita Huerta (Educational and Clinical Studies), along with Elif Adibelli Sahin of TED University in Ankara, Turkey, recently published the manuscript "Changes in Preservice Teachers' Perceptions of Preparedness to Teach English Language Learners (ELLs) in Mainstream Classrooms" in the Journal of…
Published: Karl Kingsley, Allison Tomlin, and Michael Sanders
Dr. Karl Kingsley, Allison Tomlin, and Michael Sanders (all Dental) recently published the manuscript "The Effects of Cryopreservation on Human Dental Pulp-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells" in the journal, Biomaterials and Biomechanics in Bioengineering.
Mark Buttner and Patricia Cruz (both Environmental and Occupational Health) received a one-year, $1.2 million award from the Nevada department of health and human services to conduct molecular biological environmental monitoring.
Jillian Inouye and Nada Lukkahatai (Nursing) were part of a research team that received an Outstanding Oral Presentation Award for the project "Wearable Technology and Bio-psycho-social Measures of Symptom Burden" during the Optimizing Health Care Quality: Teamwork in Education, Research, and Practice Conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand. More than…
P. Jane Hafen (English) and Brenden Rensink of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University recently directed a seminar on American Indians and Mormons. The participants reconsidered history and narrative with an emphasis on indigenous experience.
Daniel Emaasit (Civil & Environmental Engineering) was invited by the United Nations Global Pulse to present his research at the 2016 Data Science Africa Workshop. This unique conference brought together experts from academia, industry, government, and development partners to discuss how big data and data science can be used to monitor and…
Dr. Karl Kingsley (Dental School) recently published the manuscript "Oral Microbial Prevalence of Periodontal Pathogens among Orthodontic Patients" with David Jolley, Kaylee Wonder, and Ecsile Change, all students in the School of Dental Medicine, in the International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Health.
Dr. Karl Kingsley (Dental School) was promoted to professor of biomedical sciences at the UNLV School of Dental Medicine as of July 1. He has been with the dental school as a faculty member since 2002 and currently also serves as the director of student research.
Recent UNLV graduate Jalen Valdecantos shares his appreciation of the culture and landmarks he observed as part of Lee Business School's Global Entrepreneurship Experience.