Mark Guadagnoli (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences) wrote an article, "Efficiency in Transfer from the Anchored to Standard Golf Putter," which appeared in the November issue of the International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. The article explains the science behind motor skill transfer and describes a specific method for…

Addie Rolnick (Law) testified on Feb. 11 as an expert witness at one of four national hearings held by the U.S. attorney general's Advisory Committee on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence. This hearing focused on the juvenile systems' (tribal, state and federal) response to American Indian/Alaska Native children exposed…

Jennifer Carr (Law) will speak on March 6 at the second annual Southwestern Consortium of Academic Support Professionals Workshop. The workshop will take place at St. Mary's School of Law in San Antonio. She will discuss assessing and expanding law school academic support programs to find and fill areas of need to ensure student success.

Erika Engstrom (Communication Studies) is co-author of 'Mad Men' and Working Women: Feminist Perspectives on Historical Power, Resistance, and Otherness (Peter Lang, New York). She and co-authors Tracy Lucht of Iowa State University, Jane Marcellus of Middle Tennessee State University, and Kimberly Wilmot Voss of the University of Central Florida…

Stacey Tovino (Law) gave a talk at the Gaming Law Minefield National Institute at the Green Valley Ranch Resort in February. Her talk addressed health insurance coverage of gambling disorders in light of the Affordable Care Act and the American Psychiatric Association's new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,…

Frank Cucinotta (Health Physics & Diagnostic Sciences) has had his work published in multiple journals. He co-authored "The Hohmann-Parker Effect Measured by the Mars Science Laboratory on the Transfer from Earth to Mars: Consequences and Opportunities," which reports a new effect describing the solar magnetic field lines at spacecraft as they…

Amy Bouchard (Alumni) was recognized by CASE District VII Awards of Excellence with a silver award in the category of Alumni Relations Programs - Marketing & Branding for work she did on the UNLV Alumni Association's UNLVIP membership program.

Jean Sternlight (Law) made a presentation on "Disarming Employees? Examining Case Outcomes and Legal Representation in Employment Arbitration" at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in February. The talk was part of a symposium on forced arbitration in the workplace.

Donald Revell (English) has been chosen as this year's Phi Beta Kappa Poet for the annual Literary Exercises at Harvard University's commencement. Poets so honored in the past include Robert Creely, Allen Ginsburg, and Seamus Heany. Revell currently is writing a poem specifically for the occasion. Its over-arching theme will be the reason of…