Jacquee De Jesus (Academic Success Center Advising Center) recently presented at the 2022 Region 9 NACADA Conference in Orange, California. Her presentation was titled "The IROH Approach to Academic Advising: Providing Mentorship and Guidance." She and her co-presenter, Derek Furukawa from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, shared how the IROH (…

Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, Aldo Barrita, and Anthony King (all Psychology) recently published an article, "Perceived Everyday Discrimination Explains Internalized Racism during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Asians." Findings indicated that Asians experienced more internalized racism and perceived a change in everyday discrimination during the…

Tiffany Schmier (Academic Success Center Advising Center) and Nicole Stella (Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education) recently presented at the 2022 Region 9 NACADA Conference in Orange, California. Their presentation was titled "Identity Theory 101: Using Identity Theory to Support Students." They provided an overview of pertinent…

Brenna Renn (Psychology) was awarded a Developmental Research Project grant from the Nevada INBRE, funded by the National Institutes of Health IDeA Network of Biomedical Research. This two-year project, "Task Sharing to Expand Access to Mental Health Services," will develop and test a novel treatment paradigm to expand access to…

Norma A. Marrun (Teaching and Learning) and Marcela Rodríguez-Campo (Nevada State College) have coauthored the article.

Jungsun "Sunny" Kim and Mehmet Erdem (both Hospitality) were two of 10 restaurant technology experts featured in HT Magazine's "2022 Restaurant Industry Outlook." The article explores hospitality technology trends — identifying what's working, what's not working, and the most promising trends for the future. 

Chelsea Heinbach (Libraries) is the recipient of the 2022 Outstanding Library Faculty Scholarship Award. Heinbach was nominated for her outstanding and significant scholarly efforts in 2021 that will have a long and lasting impact on the field of librarianship. In 2021, she co-authored a book, co-authored two book chapters, gave a…

Congratulations to the recipients of these 2022 UNLV teaching awards: Outstanding Teaching by Part-Time Faculty Award Xiaoling Hays - Chinese/World Languages and Cultures, College of Liberal Arts Elizabeth "Hope" Hinchman - School of Nursing Yousif Muradian - Finance, Lee School of Business Hiroko Tadano - Japanese/World Languages and…

Amanda Melilli (Libraries) is the 2022 recipient of the Outstanding Library Faculty Service Award. Melilli was nominated for her remarkable dedication and leadership across her service commitments within the University Libraries and nationally at the American Library Association. During the award period, she served as the Libraries' deputy faculty…

Yaa Obeng (Nursing) was elected as a member of the UNLV chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society.

Tiange Xu (Hospitality), Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute), and Shane Kraus (Psychology) presented a poster, "Problem Gambling and Mental Health Disorders among Undergraduate Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic", at the 2022 New Horizons In Responsible Gambling Conference.

Doris Morgan Rueda (History) accepted a postdoctoral fellow position at the Center for Law & History at Stanford Law School for 2022-24.