Published: John Bowers
John Bowers (English) had his chapter "Speaking Images? Iconographic Criticism and Chaucerian Ekphrasis" published in the collection The Art of Vision: Ekphrasis in Medieval Literature and Culture in the series New Studies in Medieval Culture from Ohio State University Press. The study grew out of a seminar at the Max Planck Institute in…
Published: Erick B. Lopez and Takashi Yamashita
Doctoral student Erick B Lopez and professor Takashi Yamashita (Sociology) published their paper, "Acculturation, Income and Vegetable Consumption Behaviors Among Latino Adults in the U.S.: A Mediation Analysis with the Bootstrapping Technique" in the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.
Notable: Student Union and Event Services
UNLV was chosen as the 2015 Best Venue to Host a Youth Meeting or Sports Camp by Unique Venues at its annual marketing conference in Washington, DC. Unique Venues is an international organization that connects more than 90,000 event planners with nontraditional event properties. The award was accepted by the Student Union and Event…
Published: Sue DiBella, Kate Korgan, R. David Paul, Zach Miles
Sue DiBella (Division of Research and Economic Development) co-edited a recently published book titled Implementing a Comprehensive Research Compliance Program: A Handbook for Research Officers with Aurali Dade (George Mason University) and Lori Olafson (Office of Research Integrity). DiBella also authored a chapter titled, “Communication Issues…
Presentation: Michelle Light
Michelle Light (Libraries) delivered the keynote address, “Liberate Your Content,” at the annual meeting of the Society of California Archivists. In her keynote, she encourages cultural heritage institutions to re-examine their practices for duplication, permissions, and publishing fees to encourage broader use of their materials, compliance with…
Grant: Scott Abella
Scott Abella (Life Sciences) and his collaborators at the University of California, Berkeley, received a $48,000 award (UNLV portion) from the congressionally authorized Joint Fire Science Program. This nationally competitive funding agency supports fire research in wildlands and the wildland-urban interface across the United States.…
Published: Joseph Rhodes
Joseph Rhodes (Honors) is co-author of an article, “Imagining Moral Presidential Speech: Barack Obama’s Niebuhrian Nobel,” that appears in the fall issue of Rhetoric & Public Affairs. His co-author was professor Mark Hlavacik of the University of North Texas. The article joins an ongoing conversation about Barack Obama’s…
Published: An-Pyng Sun
An-Pyng Sun (Social Work) conducted field studies in Taiwan and mainland China. Based on the data collected, she was lead author for the article "Trauma and Chinese Heroin Users" in the Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, and presented her work at the College of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, in April, and in…
Honors: Chad Hensley
Chad Hensley (Radiography) earned two accolades during October. The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT), which had honored him with the Outstanding Grass-roots Advocacy Award in April, this month placed a photo of Chad on the October/November issue of ASRT Scanner magazine and wrote an article about his advocacy work. Shortly after…
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