Presentation: Ralf Sudowe
Ralf Sudowe (Health Physics and Radiochemsitry) led webinars titled "Alpha Spectrometry" and "Applications in Liquid Scintillation Counting" that were presented to people at the U.S. Department of Energy Carlsbad field office, the National Analytical Management Program, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. More than 450 attendees…
Published: Kishor Shrestha, Pramen Shrestha, and Evangelos Yfantis
Kishor Shrestha, Pramen Shrestha (both Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction), and Evangelos Yfantis (Computer Science) are co-authors of a book, Framework Development for Construction Safety Visualization, that is based on Kishor Shrestha's thesis.
Published: Michael Nussbaum
Michael Nussbaum (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) has written a textbook, Categorical and Nonparametric Statistics: Choosing the Best Statistical Technique, published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis. The book is suitable as a reference text for those conducting research in the social sciences or biostatistics. It presents…
Presentation: ToanFoeng Tham
ToanFoeng Tham (Dental Medicine) was an invited speaker and presenter on "Legal and Ethical Issues in Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and Elder Abuse." In the presentation he talked about forms of abuse, including neglect, exploitation, and isolation as well as intervention strategies to stop elder abuse, such as reporting, investigating,…
Published: Rebecca Gill and Kenneth Retzl
Rebecca Gill and Kenneth Retzl (both Political Science) had a full-length research article, "The JPE Commission," published in the July/August issue of Judicature.The article argues that performance evaluation commissions may be relying too heavily on attorney surveys when they allocate negative judicial retention recommendations. Gill was the…
Honors: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (Continuing Education) was the OLLI part of the OLLI & Friends team that participated in the Susan G. Komen: Race for the Cure in May. The team was awarded two trophies -- one for the top fundraiser in the College Division and one for having the largest team participating in the Las Vegas walk.
Presentation: Ruben Garcia
Ruben Garcia (Law) attended the ninth annual Labor and Employment Law Scholarship Colloquium in Boulder, Colo., in September. He spoke on the topic of how the politics of minimum wage affect low-wage nonunion workers. The colloquium attracts nationally recognized scholars who gather each year to discuss works, progress, and ideas in the field of…
Honors: Natalie Schibrowsky
Natalie Schibrowsky (Chemistry) has been named the American Marketing Association's Student Marketer of the Year. President of the UNLV chapter of the AMA, she was selected for the award from the 9,986 AMA student members. The award, selected by the AMA students, focuses attention on the varieties of ways AMA collegiate members demonstrate…
Presentation: Joanna Jezierksa
Joanna Jezierksa (Diversity Initiatives & Government Affairs) was a panel presenter at the annual conference of the American Library Association in Las Vegas in July. She discussed "Sticking with STEM: How the Academic Library Can Help to Retain Successful Students."
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