Christopher Cain (Hospitality) was a panel presenter at the 3rd Annual UNLV Sports Innovation Research Summit held on April 12 at UFC Apex, Las Vegas. His presentation focused on how to create an environment where innovation flourishes through invitation, inspiration, and perspiration. In addition, Cain's team from the Harrah College of…

On April 14, Ph.D. student and instructor Dennis Baloglu (Hospitality) delivered an educational workshop titled, "An Introduction to Data Science: A Roadmap to a Career in Analytics," at the THEREPS conference, where he served as an industry keynote speaker. Using the "Inspire, educate, instill a call to action" approach, Baloglu…

The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality Advising Center received the Excellence in Efficiency Award as part of the 2023 Students' Choice Awards for its commitment to providing timely and accurate information to students.

Ian Seidenberg (Hospitality) recently was named a recipient of the 2023 UNLV Outstanding Teaching by Part-time Faculty Award. The award recognizes significant contributions to student learning by part-time teaching faculty.

Renata F. Guzzo (Hospitality) recently co-authored the article, “Taking a stand: Understanding the use of socially controversial CSR in hospitality recruitment,” in the International Journal of Hospitality Management. The study explored the relationship between socially controversial corporate social responsibility (CCSR) and organizational…

UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hospitality was again ranked best in the nation and number two in the world for hospitality and leisure management by the 2023 QS World Universities ranking. UNLV was the only U.S. school ranked inside the category’s top 15. 

Via an interdisciplinary collaboration between UNLV's International Gaming Institute, department of computer science, department of psychology, and William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, Kasra Ghaharian published "Payments transaction data from online casino players and online sports bettors" in Data in Brief with co-authors…

Mehmet Erdem and Seyhmus Baloglu (both Hospitality) have published a research article titled, "Examining the role of personality traits in guestroom technologies," in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights. It was co-authored with former doctoral student and alumnus, Tevfik Demirciftci. This study identified distinctive…

CEOWORLD Magazine has named the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality No. 1 in the world in their "Best Hospitality And Hotel Management Schools In The World For 2023" ranking.  

Janelle Yasukochi (Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education) and Maria Aladjova (Health Sciences) served as the conference co-chairs, representing Region 9, at the NACADA Region 8, 9, & 10 Conference: Illuminating the Path of Possibilities, recently held in Las Vegas from Feb. 27-March 1. NACADA is the professional association for Academic…

Cass Shum and Wen Jiang (both Hospitality) recently published their paper, "How observed customer mistreatment of supervisors affects employees’ service sabotage: A cross-cultural examination from the deontic justice theory," in the International Journal of Hospitality Management. This paper shows that customer mistreatment of supervisors has…

Wenjia Han, Wen Jiang, Carola Raab (all Hospitality), Anjala Krishen (Marketing and International Business), along with Jason Tang (Mount Royal University), co-authored the paper, "Indirect customer-to-customer interactions and experiential value: examining solo and social diners," which was published in the International Journal of…