Presentation: Satish C. Bhatnagar
Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) presented the paper, "Affinity Between Mathematics and Hinduism," at the annual meeting of American Academy of Religion/Western Region, a multidisciplinary conference. The meeting was held at UNLV on March 15-17, 2024. The paper is available upon request.
Presentation: Alain Bengochea, Tracey West
Alain Bengochea and Tracey West (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented "Monolingual & multilingual in-service teachers’ conceptualization of translanguaging pedagogy in a teacher preparation program" in a paper session at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference.
Employing systemic functional…
Appointment/Election: Joseph Kevin Sebastian
Joseph Kevin Sebastian (Libraries) was appointed to the Stonewall Book Awards Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award committee. Sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table, the Stonewall Awards are given annually to books of exceptional merit that feature LGBTQIA+ experiences. Sebastian is the teaching and learning…
Published: Manoj Sharma
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was a coauthor among Global Nervous System Collaborators who published a study, "Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021," in The Lancet Neurology (Impact factor 48.0…
Published: Christina Miskey
Christina Miskey (Libraries) is a member of the Open Research Funder's Group (ORFG) PID Strategy Working Group, which has recently published a report, "Developing a U.S. PID National Strategy," which outlines the desirable characteristics of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) and sets the foundation for a cohesive US national strategy. Christina, along…
Published: Kari Kokka
Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) published "'Educational Facials': A Healing Tool for the Beautiful Struggle" with coauthor Michelle Cody.
Published: Jose Llanes, Ursula Kamanga, Daniel Bubb, and Colleagues
Project Wellness President Jose Llanes, faculty co-advisors to Project Wellness Ursula Kamanga (Honors; Communication Studies) and Daniel Bubb (Honors; Academic Affairs), the Project Wellness Executive Board, and the Project Wellness Planning Board published an article in The Beacon, a newsletter distributed to colleges and universities…
Published: Kenny Do, Eric Kawana, Vladislav Zhitny
Kenny Do (UNLV Medical Student), Eric Kawana (UNLV Medical Student), Vladislav Zhitny (NYU Anesthesiology Resident/UNLV Medicine Alumni) published a systematic review that discusses the use of radiofrequency ablation in treating glossopharyngeal neuralgia in the journal Pain Physician. The publication examines the efficacy, safety, and adverse…
Notable: Louisa Messenger, Karen Figueroa Chilito
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Karen Figueroa Chilito (Public Health) were invited by United to Beat Malaria, a grassroots campaign of the United Nations Foundation, to represent the state of Nevada during their annual Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. from Mar. 11-12.
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