Nataliyah Tahir, Sophie Ahmad, Kavita Batra, Ashok Gupta and Kenneth E Izuora (all Medicine) published an abstract "Assessing The Relationship Between Oral Health And Bone Disease Among Post-menopausal Women" in Journal of the Endocrine Society. Tahir and Ahmed are medical students.
Linda Lister (Music) had her song "Ariel Ambitions," from the song cycle Pleas to Famous Fairies, performed at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. Soprano Hannah Winston sang the song on the concert Peabody Songbook Series: A Woman's Point of View.
Kelly Tseng, an associate professor in the School of Life Sciences with a secondary appointment at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, has been awarded one of the 2023 Rosalind Franklin Society Awards in Science from the Rosalind Franklin Society. These prestigious annual awards were started in…
College of Sciences Advancing Success of Underrepresented Groups – Awards for Academic Year 2024-25
What is it?
Overseen by the College of Sciences DEI Committee this program within the college recognizes that the career progression of underrepresented groups in the STEM fields faces a…
Professor Rachel Anderson (Law) was awarded the Outstanding Non-Traditional Career Award at the National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division 2024 Annual Achievement Awards Breakfast.
Professor Francine Lipman (Law) presented to the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys on The Looming Sunsetting of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act.
Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education; UNLV Sports Innovation Institute) was featured in episode 10 of the City Cast Las Vegas podcast. In this episode she does a deep dive into the complexities of endorsements, sponsorships, pay-to-play in pro sports, and…
Su Kim Chung (Libraries) delivered the keynote address, "The Women Who Saved History: Jeanne Wier and the Nevada Historical Society," at the Nevada Historical Society's 120th birthday celebration in Reno. Wier was a longtime advocate for the preservation of Nevada’s history through her…
LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) hosted an enlightening session on the "Latina Radiance Initiative" on April 24. This session was designed to explore the impactful work being done under the Latina Radiance Initiative, a project aimed at empowering…
During the 2024 AERA annual conference LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was welcomed as the nee secretary/treasurer of the superintendent SIG and DEI chair for the research on women in education SIG.
As part of her postdoctoral project, Marta Plominska, along with Dawid Mzyk and Liz Valvano (all Music), performed at the Opening Concert of The College Music Society Southwest Conference in Stockton, CA. Their program titled 'Emotional Connections: Evocative Duets by Women Composers' included…
Marta Plominska (Music) recently performed at Columbus State University in a Guest Artist Recital alongside pianist Susan Hoskins. As part of her Post-Doc project, Plominska curated a program celebrating the contributions of female composers. She actively advocates for recognizing women in the…