Accomplishments: Lee Business School

Caroline Gross (Business) is the recipient of the Peer Mentor Engagement Award for going above and beyond to engage their mentees in unique, meaningful, and innovative ways the Peer Mentoring program. The program is part of the First-Year Experience under the office of vice provost for undergraduate education.
John Starkey's (Business) BUS 103 - 1010 students (First-Year Seminar) from Lee Business School raised $4,164 this past semester for the following local nonprofits: SafeNest, Urban Underdogs, Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, and Pet Partners of Las Vegas.  The following students spent the fall 2022 semester fundraising on-campus…
Nicholas Irwin (Economics) was interviewed by Telemundo-Las Vegas multiple times this fall, discussing inflation, affordable housing, and water usage.
Assistant professor Miyeon Jung (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) had a paper accepted for publication by the Journal of Marketing. The paper is titled, "Ask for Reviews at The Right Time: Evidence from Two Field Experiments." This study examines how the timing of review reminders affects the likelihood and quality of…
Nicholas Irwin (Economics) was recently interviewed by 8 News Now (KLAS-TV) for a news story about rising interest rates in the Las Vegas housing market.
Professor Yong Li (Business, Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation) had a paper accepted for publication by the Strategic Management Journal. The paper is titled, "Stronger Together: Country-of-Origin Agglomeration and MNE Location Choice in an Adverse Institutional Environment." It addresses this question: Why do multinational…
Senior Caren Yap (Marketing and International Business) was the only UNLV student — and 1 of 150 students nationwide — selected to attend the 48th Business Today International Conference held November 4-6 in New York City. Business Today is an organization run by Princeton University and founded by Steve Forbes. With the annual theme…
Eda Anlamlier (Marketing and International Business) presented her research titled, "Romantic Rebuttals: Moralistic Tensions in Positive Marketing within the Online Dating Industry," co-authored with Mengtian [Montina] Jiang (University of Kentucky), Colleen M. Harmeling (Florida State University), and Sevincgul Ulu…
Richard Gardner (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) and co-author Jeff Bednar (Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University) recently had their article titled, "4 Ways to Combat Imposter Syndrome on Your Team," published in the Harvard Business Review. The article provides four steps managers can take to help employees who…
Stephen M. Miller (Center for Business and Economic Research, Economics) published an article, “Does real interest rate parity really work? Historical evidence from a discrete wavelet perspective,’ with Mahdi Ghaemi Asl, Kharazmi University; Giorgio Canarella, California State University Los Angeles; and Hamid Reza Tavakkoli, Imam Sadiq University…
Aaron Saiewitz (Accounting) has been named the inaugural recipient of the UNLV Accounting Alumni Fellowship. This new fellowship represents another significant sign of support, recognizing the importance of attracting, retaining, and supporting outstanding faculty who serve Lee Business School students and prepare them for their professional…
Marla Stafford (Lee Business School) and Nicole Hudson (Workforce Development) are members of Leadership Las Vegas' Class of 2023. Leadership Las Vegas is a 10-month executive leadership program sponsored by the Vegas Chamber designed to expand knowledge in the community so that participants become more effective leaders and change agents.…