Christina Miskey (Libraries) was a panelist on a panel titled "The Best Ways to Get Experience During Library School" along with Stacey Akahoshi (Santa Barbara Public Library), Danny Thien Le (Santa Clara City Library), Alexander Garcia (Ontario City Library), and Alice Erickson (San Mateo County Libraries) at the 2019 California Library…

Anjala Krishen (Marketing) and Robyn Raschke (Accounting) recently published "The Story Only Few Can Tell: Exploring the Disproportionately Gendered Professoriate in Business Schools" in Journal of Marketing Education. The study examined the relationship between perceived differences in workload (research, teaching, and service) and faculty…

Howard R. D. Gordon, Xue Xing, and Sara Shaw (all Teaching and Learning) authored an article in Workforce Education Forum titled "Analysis of Subject Matter Topics Presented at Career and Technical Education Research and Professional Development Conferences: 2009-2016."  Subject matter topics that were highly researched included research…

June Cho (Nursing) received a pilot grant of $65,891 through the Mountain West CTR-IN (Clinical & Translational Research Infrastructure Network Program), funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Findings of her research project, titled “Health Disparities in Very-Low-Birthweight (VLBW) Preterm Birth in Nevada,” will…

Karyn Holt (Nursing) and Elizabeth Barrie (Online Education) presented at the annual meeting of the Global Summit and EdTech Expo Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age North American conference in Toronto earlier this month.  This international conference was  sponsored by the Institute for Performance…

Emma Frances Bloomfield (Communication Studies) was cited as a climate change expert in a Variety article published Sept. 16 about the increased media coverage of climate change topics. 

Toni Repetti (Hospitality) recently received the Women in Lodging Member of the Year award from the Nevada Hotel & Lodging Association (NHLA). The award recognizes a member of the NHLA Women in Lodging (WIL) division who has contributed substantially to the growth, productivity, and visibility of WIL. 

Dr. Sophia Saeed (Dental) is the lead investigator, along with two student mentees and a colleague from another university, on a study called “High Depression Prevalence in Dental Students Associated with Lifestyle Characteristics.” Their findings were presented at the Diversity and Inclusion Workshop held by the American Dental…

Courtney Jones (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) will be presenting a workshop this month at Sister Song's Let's Talk About Sex! conference in Atlanta. The conference focuses on intersecting topics of reproductive justice, sexual health, resources, healing, and more. The theme this year is "Accountability,…

Aaron Cowan, Fawn Douglas, Erin K. Drew, John McVay, and Laurence Myers Reese (all Art) have created REVIVER, a new performance art event hosted on the UNLV campus. This recurring event will feature UNLV students and local performers in a university setting. Performance art, which is art that combines visual art with dramatic performance, has a…

Ruby Nugent and Aidy Weeks (both Libraries) will be presenting during a webinar, "Tips and Tricks for Successful Onsite Academic Interviews," sponsored by the African American Medical Librarians Alliance Caucus of the Medical Library Association on Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. The free webinar is the second part of a series focused on empowering current…

In celebration of International Open Access Week, the University Libraries has announced five winners of the 2019 UNLV Open Access Awards. This year winners include: Brookings Mountain West in the category Non-Academic Departments With The Most Materials in the Institutional Repository William F. Harrah College of Hospitality in the…