News: School of Integrated Health Sciences
![Maria Barton](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/barton_D71396_04.jpg?itok=TI3EZxIt)
Maria Barton, the Allied Health Sciences Alumna of the Year, finds the payoff in helping others.
![Danylle Hitchen](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71411_002_0.jpg?itok=OmzFJoiG)
Danylle Hitchen’s “one day at a time motto” guides her through life’s adventures.
![UNLV’s Team Las Vegas design of a full-size solar-powered house](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/solardecathlon.main_.jpg?itok=sco2yYN7)
Fundraising for universitywide collaboration surpasses $750,000 with support from Switch and NV Energy Foundation.
![Yen Lu](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/yenlu.jpg?itok=4pcu8oet)
One of UNLV's oldest traditions — the Holiday Card Tree Scholarship — is spreading good wishes while raising funds for students like Yen Lu.
![woman jogging on indoor track](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/health-tracker.jpg?itok=leh96kY_)
Smartwatches that help you track daily steps and heart rate? That’s old hat, according to UNLV researchers who have recently licensed their latest patent for a fitness tracker that makes calorie-counting as easy as taking a picture.
![Brian Schilling](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71006_009.jpg?itok=kf9Lcb_Z)
The chair of the department of kinesiology and nutrition sciences says his interest in the field sprang from his years as an athlete.
![closeup of a runner's shoes](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/nc_D69147_19.jpg?itok=JUe-j82B)
UNLV research shows you might need to literally walk a mile in someone's shoes to find the best fit.
![Emani Salih and her mother Charita Parrish](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Salih_D70872_14.jpg?itok=2hJhTA-s)
A native Las Vegan on what her degree will mean to her family.
![Kristen and Caitlyn Miller](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/miller_D70872_70.jpg?itok=6dAwFhTW)
The twins plan to throw themselves into the full college experience.
![Student jogs in indoor facility](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/D69795_39.jpg?itok=4w4rBnqE)
MealCheck Technologies, Inc. will produce the UNLV invention, which combines the best of existing fitness-monitoring devices to make dieting or staying healthy easier than ever.
![Jeremy Cope](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Cope_D70771_11.jpg?itok=QusVSlv3)
Advice from Jeremy Cope, School of Allied Health Sciences Alumnus of the Year
![Ronald T. Brown](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/nc_D70825_09.jpg?itok=Ys4HR031)
Brown is an accomplished psychologist and academic leader with previous stops at University of North Texas, Wayne State and Temple; he will begin Aug. 1.