Christina Miskey (Libraries) has been awarded an Administrative Faculty Professional Development Grant by the office of faculty affairs. This competitive grant is given to administrative faculty to focus on professional development efforts as part of the Top Tier initiative. She will use the funds received to assist with attending the 2020 ALA…

Avery Boddie (Libraries) has been selected as an Association of Research Libraries Leadership and Career Development Program Fellow for 2020-21. The yearlong program prepares mid-career librarians from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to take on leadership roles in their careers and in the profession at large. Boddie is…

Thomas Padilla (Libraries) was the February 2020 interview for the National Information Standards Organization's Information Organized website. Padilla was interviewed about a recent report commissioned by OCC, "Responsible Operations: Data Science, Machine Learning and AI in Libraries" that he wrote. The report represents…

Cory Lampert and Darnelle Melvin (both Libraries) are co-authors on a new book, "Linked Data For The Perplexed Librarian," that will be released in March by the American Library Association Editions in collaboration with the Association of Library Collections and Technical Services. Lampert and Melvin co-authored the book with colleagues…

Chelsea Heinbach (Libraries) has been invited to serve on the Education Subcommittee for the State Complete Count Committee for the 2020 census. The subcommittees are tasked with placing intentional and deliberate focus on "low-response" or hard-to-count communities throughout the state. 

Sapira Cheuk (Art), Chad Scott (Teaching and Learning), and Richard Zwiercan (Libraries) are participating in an exhibition titled Existing in Thought, which is on display through March 4 at Winchester Cultural Center gallery. The exhibit features 42 works of art by 34 selected artists. Russian-born guest curator Valentin Yordanov has exhibited…

Brittany Paloma Fiedler, Rosan Mitola, & James Cheng (all Libraries) had an article, "Responding to Hate: How National and Local Incidents Sparked Action at the UNLV University Libraries," published in Reference Services Review, a leading journal dedicated to the enrichment and advancement of reference knowledge and the improvement of…

Richard Zwiercan (Libraries) had a work of art selected for the juried group art exhibition, Existing in Thought, which will be on display at the Winchester Cultural Center Gallery in Las Vegas through Feb. 6. 

Iesha Jackson (Teaching & Learning), Doris L. Watson, Tara Plachowski (both Educational Psychology & Higher Education), Marcia Gallo (History), and Claytee White (Oral History Research Center) have been awarded a research grant from the Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity for a study titled, Digging Deep and…

Amanda Melilli (Libraries) did a pair of presentations at the 2019 American Association of School Librarians National Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Along with colleagues Alicia Abdul and Kate Cointree, Melilli presented “That’s Not Real Reading: Making the Case for Graphic Novel Inclusion in Every Classroom," breaking down why…

Thomas Padilla (Libraries) had a research position paper, "Responsible Operations: Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI in Libraries," published by OCLC Research. 

Rosan Mitola (Libraries) had an article, "Reframing library student employment as a high-impact practice: Implications from case studies," published in the journal, College & Undergraduate Libraries. Mitola co-authored the article with colleagues Erin Rinto, a former UNLV librarian now at the University of Cincinnati, and Kate Otto from…