Accomplishments: Lee Business School
Sutirtha Chatterjee (Information Systems) has been honored with the Outstanding Reviewer Award by the European Journal of Information Systems, a prestigious journal on the Lee SARS list. This recognition highlights Chatterjee's exceptional contributions to the peer review process, ensuring the integrity and quality of academic research.
Hamidreza Nikkhah (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) recently published the article, "Strategizing Responses to Data Breaches: A Multi-Method Study of Organizational Responsibility and Effective Communication with Stakeholders," in the Journal of Management Information Systems. This significant achievement focuses on response…
Alyx Phillips from Three Square Food Bank and Environmental and Occupational Health alum, Courtney Coughenour, Sheila Janofsky (both Environmental and Occupational Health), Ian McDonough (Economics), Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health), Samantha John (Brain Health), and Lisa Segler from Three Square Food Bank presented a talk, "…
Won-Yong Oh (Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology) and his co-authors' paper "How Does Media Coverage of Corporate Social Irresponsibility Influence Cross-Border Acquisition Completion? Evidence from Chinese MNEs" was published in the Management and Organization Review. This study examines how media coverage of corporate social…
Martin Alvarez-Lopez, Emmanuel Becerra, Svelania Marino, and Krystka Marinao (all Business) from Team MycoWay earned the $5,000 scholarship prize at the 2024 UNLV Impact Ventures Case Competition hosted by UNLV's Black Fire Innovation. This annual event, presented by Caesars Entertainment, challenged students to design sustainable, for-profit…
Truman Rowley (Accounting) has been honored with the 2024 Outstanding Dissertation Award by the Accounting Behavior and Organizations (ABO) Section of the American Accounting Association. The award was recently announced at the ABO Conference in Montreal, Canada, where Rowley also presented his research, titled "Does 'Making a Difference' Make a…
Scott Jackson and Truman Rowley (both Accounting) recently presented research papers at the 2024 Accounting Behavior and Organizations Research Conference, held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Jackson presented two papers, the first entitled, "CEO Speech Rate Effects during Conference Calls" and the second entitled, “Nonprofit CEO Compensation and…
Representatives of the International Gaming Institute participated in several presentations at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) last week in Las Vegas, NV.
Executive Director Brett Abarbanel participated in a panel entitled "Women in AI: Pioneering the Next Generation of Casino Tech." She spoke about how different perspectives and approaches can…
Han-fen Hu (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) and Alisa Watjara, (Sciences) are the recipients of the 2024-2025 UNLV Academic Advisor Awards. The UNLV Academic Advisor awards recognize individuals with an exceptional record of advising and supporting students. Their award applications have been forwarded on to the NSHE level Academic…
Monesia Hobbs (Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach) presented a workshop titled "What Happens in Vegas: How we use a premium hospitality model to serve first-gen and low income students" to a group of TRIO professionals at the 2024 ASPIRE Regional Conference in Helena, Montana. The ASPIRE region includes education professionals from the…
Hans Rawhouser (Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology) published a paper in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice — one of the world's top three entrepreneurship journals — on how entrepreneurs in weak entrepreneurial ecosystems gain knowledge. The paper is based on interviews with entrepreneurs in Central America, but yields insights…
Rajiv Kishore (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) was invited to and served as a faculty mentor and panelist on the Mid-Career Faculty Consortium at the 2024 Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), which is organized by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and is the leading conference of the information…