Katherine Rankin (Libraries) won the American Library Association’s (ALA) Map and Geospatial Information Round Table (MAGIRT) Honors Award this summer at the ALA conference in San Francisco. She was recognized primarily for event planning and a presentation she did at the ALA annual conference in Las Vegas last summer as well as for acting as…

Balakrishnan Naduvalath (Chemistry and Biochemistry) recently published an article titled, "The Geometric Phase Controls Ultracold Chemistry," in the July 30 issue of Nature Communications. The research demonstrates a new interference mechanism in ultracold chemical reactions, one which has important technological…

Claytee D. White (Libraries) was recognized as the Best Keeper of Our History in Vegas Seven’s 2015 "Best of the City" issue. As the inaugural director of the UNLV University Libraries’ Oral History Research Center, White has spent more than a decade collecting the stories of Las Vegas residents and preserving the history of Southern Nevada.…

Scott Roberts, associate vice president for development, was elected to serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District VII. CASE supports alumni relations, communications, development, and marketing professionals at educational institutions worldwide. The association…

Satish Bhatnagar (Math) is the author of Converging Matherticles; Mathematical Reflections, Volume II, which was published in May. The first volume was published in 2010. The latest volume is his eighth book.

Melissa Bowles-Terry (Libraries) and Cassandra Kvenild of the University of Wyoming co-authored the book Classroom Assessment Techniques for Librarians, which was recently published by the Association of College and Research Libraries. Classroom Assessment Techniques for Librarians provides proven methods for gauging students' ability to think…

Sue Wainscott (Libraries), John Novak (Libraries), and Mohamed Trabia (Engineering) are participating in the 2015 cohort of the Digital Library Federation E-Research Network. The goal of the network is to create a mutually supportive community engaged in continuous learning about e-research and data management support. The UNLV team will produce a…

Anne Stevens (English) is the author of Literary Theory and Criticism: An Introduction, which was published by Broadview Press in June. This book provides a clear and accessible history of key concepts and movements in the field of literary studies, beginning with the earliest literary theorists of the ancient world and ending with 21st-century…

Paul Bordenkircher (Music) recently contributed an article to Music Connection, a leading monthly national publication related to music industry. Titled "Top 12 Mobile Apps for Music Businesses," the article was published in the magazine's monthly Tip Jar column in the July issue. A 30-year veteran of the music industry, focusing the last 18 years…