Susan S. VanBeuge (Nursing) and former School of Nursing faculty member Marcia Clevesy have been named the 2019 American Association of Nurse Practitioners Award winners for Nevada. This award recognizes outstanding achievements by nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner advocates in each state who demonstrate excellence in clinical…

John McElrath (Campus Recreational Services) has been appointed to a 2019-20 National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Assembly seat. The assembly is a leadership group made up of NIRSA members across the country. They are facilitators of thoughtful discussions surrounding hot topics that will affect the profession in…

Danny Siciliano, Ingrid Zarate, Annie Lu, Claire Stanley, Alex Durham, and Bryan Shaffer (all Accounting) won the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Case Competition and took home $5,000. This is the third time UNLV has participated in the competition, and the third time a UNLV team has won first place. The Student Case Competition gives…

David Candelas, Rebekah D'Amato, Chelsea Heinbach, Starr Hoffman, Bibiana Lopez, Eduardo Martinez-Flores, Amanda Melilli, Rosan Mitola, and Amy Tureen (all Libraries) presented at the American Library Association's Annual Conference & Exhibition 2019 in Washington, D.C. Tureen and Melilli presented “Managing to Manage: Strategies for Both…

Alisha Kerlin (Barrick Museum) has been named the Nevada representative to the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) — an organization to which the Barrick Museum of Art belongs. AAMG believes great universities have great museums. It is the leading educational and professional organization for academic museums, galleries, and…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) received a $2,000 grant from the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence, which is a division of the American Psychology Association, for the research project "War, Collective Action, and Nation-building." The research project focuses on how the experience of collective action during the…

Jennifer R. Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health), Nancy L. Lough (Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Mary Angela Terencio (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published an article titled "Health and Sociodemographic Differences between Individual and Team Sport Participants" in the journal Sports. The purpose of the…

Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) published an op-ed in The Hill arguing that the Securities and Exchange Commission's recent rulemakings and interpretive releases weaken investor protection.

Leanne Soter and Stine Odegard (both Service Learning and Leadership) presented "Keeping Leadership Education Out of 'the Sunken Place': Doing Better as Leadership Educators" at the 4th annual Women and Leadership Conference, "Building Solutions, Harmony and the Greater Good." The conference was hosted by the International Leadership Association.…