Kathryn Bell (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) was awarded the Women's Scholarship from the National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation.

Alexandria Evans and Gabriela Buccini (both Social and Behavioral Health) presented at the 2023 APHA Conference on Nov. 12. Their presentation was part of the Perinatal and Women's Health Poster Session titled "Perceived discrimination when utilizing maternal-child perinatal care: A qualitative study."    

Nancy Lough (Education and UNLV Sports Innovation); along with Nicole M. LaVoi from the University of Minnesota; Alysse Soll, CEO of Underdog Advisory and Board Chair of Women in Sports Tech; and Marilou McFarlane, founder & CEO of Women in Sports Tech; hosted a panel on Women in Sport Innovation at the 5th Annual…

Brittani Sterling, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies Librarian, (Libraries) was the invited keynote speaker of The Innovative Library Conference (TILC) 2023. Her address discussed the importance of academic librarians utilizing their unique positions as third space facilitators, scholar practitioners, and community…

Linda Dam (Journalism and Media Studies) and Natalie Pennington (CSU Fort Collins) have published an article titled, "Social interaction, support preferences, and the use of wearable health trackers," in Frontiers in Communication. The study assessed how social factors relate to reported weekly use and behavioral intentions toward the use of…

Barbara Lewis, (Public Health) co-wrote an article, "Nothing About Patients, Without Patients: More Than Just a Catchy Phrase!" which was published in The Permanente Journal.

Shanna Kinzel, associate director of the UNLV Student Union and Conference and Event Services, a Division of Student Affairs, was awarded the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Values Award during the annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts. The ACUI Values Award is presented to college union professionals who uphold the ACUI…

Dr. Neamat Hassan and Dr. Tanya Al-Talib (both Dental), and alumnae Dr. Audrey Morris and Dr. Patricia Grabowski (both Class of 2021) co-authored “Retrospective Analysis of the Correlation between TMD, Headache and Bruxism,” which published in the April issue of Open Journal of Stomatology. The study aimed to evaluate the association between…

Kara Christensen (Psychology) and colleagues at the University of Kansas (Kelsie Forbush: PI), VA Boston, VA Eastern Kansas, and Purdue University were recently awarded a $4.23 million Department of Defense Expansion Grant for their project, "Assessment of Eating Disorder and Comorbidity Risk and Resilience in a Nationally Representative Sample of…

Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) has been elected for a two-year term as president of the Western States Folklore Society. Starting in January 2023, she has also taken over as co-editor (with Elo-Hanna Seljamaa, University of Tartu) for the international journal Narrative Culture.

Aidy Weeks (Libraries) is the co-author of an article, "Shannon D. Jones, MLS, MED, AHIP, FMLA, Medical Library Association President, 2022-2023," published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association. Weeks is an assistant professor within UNLV Libraries and director of the School of Medicine Library serving the Kirk Kerkorian…

Heather Richardson, coordinator of UNLV's Fostering Scholars program, recently received the 2023 Community Engagement Faculty/Staff Outreach Award.