Amanda Melilli (Libraries) presented at the Young Adult Library Services Association's 2015 Symposium with Clark High School teacher and UNLV instructor Ashley Nebe (Education). Their presentation, "A Series of Fortunate Events: Library Collaborations that help LGBTQ Young Adults Transition to College Life," focused on how academic libraries can…

Jason Steffen (Physics and Astronomy) was a guest on NPR's Marketplace, talking about how to more efficiently board an airplane. He began researching the issue as a graduate student after being frustrated by slow boarding processes and flight delays. The algorithm he used to find the optimal boarding method is called Markov Chain…

Magdalena Martinez, director of education programs with The Lincy Institute at UNLV, serves as editor and author of New Directions for Higher Education 172. The edited volume provides an overview of institutional or system-level approaches to meeting the demands of the growing population of Latino/a students in American Higher…

Robert Futrell, chair of the department of sociology, was recently cited in an article in The New Yorker, "San Bernardino and the Mechanics of a Double Life," drawing on his work with UNLV Sociology alumnus Pete Simi on extremists. 

Undergraduate and graduate students in the electrical and computer engineering program participated in the 11th International Symposium on Visual Computing held in Las Vegas Dec. 14-16. Students who were part of presenting four papers included: Mohammad Shokrolah Shirazi (PhD), B. Morris: ” Vision-based Vehicle Counting with High…

Claytee D. White (Libraries) was elected to the Leadership Council of the Oral History Association. This national organization is celebrating its 50th anniversary next year.

Lee Business School professor Steve Brown (Economics) has been named editor of academic journal, Energy Policy. It is an international peer-reviewed journal addressing the policy implications of energy supply and use from their economic, social, planning and environmental apects. Papers may cover global, regional, national, or even local…

Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) is organizing a symposium titled "Hyperconnected Individuals, Accelerated Society: Tensions and Transformations" with the International Center for Research on the Hypermodern Individual and Society, ESCP Europe, which will take place in Paris in June.

David Schwartz (Libraries) won a 2015 Nevada Press Association Better Newspaper Contest Award in the Best Local Column category for his Green Felt Journal column, which appears in Vegas Seven.