Communications Studies grad Sage Sammons, Director of Communications for the Las Vegas Golden Knights, is helping tell the story of the team’s improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals in its inaugural season. He’s seen firsthand how the team has come to embrace its new home in Las Vegas and support the community during its darkest time, an impressive story he's just as determined to tell. He's also made a point to hire several UNLV interns and graduates, giving them valuable experience.
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Sociologist Simon Gottschalk studies how there’s a price to pay for the technology that’s supposed to make lives easier. His new book, The Terminal Self: Everyday Life in Hypermodern Times, explores the social and psychological toll that increasing online activities have on work, education, family life, and self worth.
Funding from the National Institutes of Health will support human genetics research and develop a pipeline of scientists to develop a center of excellence in personalized medicine. The research will be spearheaded by the Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine, which will be working with UNLV’s health sciences programs and School of Medicine.
More than 3,000 students graduated in May, changing the future for themselves, their family, and their community. All should be applauded for completing their degrees. Some student's academic accomplishments and ability to overcome obstacles are especially impressive. The graduates highlighted come from many different areas of study but share a sense of purpose and strong work ethic.
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The May 14, 2018 Supreme Court Decision that grants New Jersey (and by extension, possibly other states) the right to offer sports wagering has many people wondering about how this will affect Nevada. UNLV experts weigh in on the anticipated impact this decision will have on the state.
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Javon Johnson, director of African American and African Diaspora Studies, and acclaimed spoken word poet, has written a book, Killing Poetry: Blackness and the Making of the Slam and Spoken Word Communities, which combines ethnography with autobiography to explore social justice issues.
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Honors College junior Sophia Quinton survived childhood leukemia to thrive as an undergraduate planning to pursue an M.D.-Ph.D. with a focus on cancer research. Her dedication to a goal she set in middle school has led her to UNLV’s bioinformatics lab, where Quinton joins a worldwide collaborative effort to analyze data from the Cancer Genome Atlas. Besides being a research assistant, Quinton has coauthored two papers, mentored other students, and worked as an undergraduate teaching assistant in microbiology. Her achievements have been rewarded with the competitive and prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, one of only 211 awarded nationally in 2018.
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Debra Martin is an internationally recognized scholar who uses a biocultural approach to study ancient cultures. She and her students research how violence from raids, ambushes, warfare, massacres, gender violence, enslavement, and human sacrifices were used as social controls. Her scholarship is unique because it combines academic and human interests with the practical application of knowledge through community partnerships. For example, she created an internship program with the Clark County coroner/medical examiner’s office that allows students to use forensic techniques to track patterns of violent deaths in Southern Nevada.
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A group of UNLV students attracted enough interest to open a local chapter of Scientista, a national organization that encourages women to pursue and advance in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields. Although only in existence for a little more than a year, the group has hosted several lectures and networking and mentoring events. With its partners, the Clark County School District, the College of Engineering, and the UNLV Society of Women Engineers, the chapter also brought 95 West Prep students to campus for #GirlsInSTEM Day.
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UNLV School of Medicine Professor John Ham, who leads the state’s only transplant program at University Medical Center, has been credited with turning the local kidney transplant program into one of the safest in the country. He predicts there are other transplantation programs in Southern Nevada’s future, which will benefit local patients. Those who have transplants closer to home tend to do better medically.
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A UNLV Engineering team designed and produced a 3Dprinted, robotic hand that enabled young Hailey Dawson to grab, grasp, grow, and throw. Dawson showed off the hand by throwing the first pitch at game four of the World Series Oct. 28, and she’s been invited by every Major League Baseball team to do the same at their ballparks next season.
Alum Chely Arias, BS ’16 Athletic Training, had to keep calm when, just two months into her career as an athletic trainer at a local high school, she was summoned to help a student who had fainted. Arias rushed to the girl, determined she had no pulse, and quickly responded, starting CPR, coordinating 911 communications, and using an automated external defibrillator. After a third jolt, her student had a pulse. Arias learned that being calm and being well trained had helped her save her life.