Dr. Edward Lynch (Dental) co-authored with mentee and doctoral student Divya P Kumari “Development of a new atraumatic restorative treatment material incorporated with Azadirachta indica (Neem) as an antibacterial agent,” which concluded the newly developed treatment material had properties acceptable for clinical use, was non-mutagenic, and could…

Boo Shan Tseng (Life Sciences) was awarded a Cystic Fibrosis Foundation pilot grant, entitled "Suppressors of mucA essentiality in Pseudomonas aeruginosa." She, with her team of undergraduate and graduate students, will use this two-year, $107,290 award to study why the gene mucA, is required for bacteria to survive. This bacterial gene is…

Dr. Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) co-authored “Anti-Tau Trials for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Report from the EU/US/CTAD Task Force,” which explored incorporating tau biomarkers in clinical trials to provide additional knowledge about the potential for treating Alzheimer’s Disease by targeting tau. This represents a new direction in Alzheimer’s…

Dr. Edward Lynch (Dental Medicine) accepted a one-year appointment as Dentistry Board Member for the Global Outreach Medical & Health Association. The association, which comprises representatives from 20 countries, promotes and provides accreditation, certification, education, training and other resources for organizations, professionals and…

Jennifer J. Reed (Sociology) was interviewed for an article in the Washington Post for Earth Day titled, "'How Ecosexual Are You?': Why Some Prefer Lover Earth to Mother Earth." Reed discussed her dissertation research on the growing ecosexual movement— combining issues related to the environment and sexuality — as an example of an…

Elizabeth Stacy and Donald Price , along with doctorate candidate Tomoko Sakishima published "Multiple Colonizations, Hybridization and Uneven Diversification in Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) Lineages on Hawai'i Island" in the Journal of Biogeography.  This work used variation at nine single-copy nuclear genes in this species-…

Janine Barrett and Graduate Systems & Data Analyst  Payam Ezatpoor (Graduate College) presented at the Salesforce Higher Ed Summit on April 17. Their talk, titled Improving UNLV's Student and Faculty Engagement with a purpose-built platform, highlighted the Grad Rebel Gateway, a dynamic platform that drives student…

Ranita Ray (sociology) was awarded a National Academy of Education's 2019 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Spencer Foundation funds this fellowship through academy to "encourage outstanding researchers at the postdoctoral level ... to pursue critical education research projects." Ray's award was one of only 30…

Mariana Sarmiento Hernández (Office of Diversity Initiatives) served as the Keynote Speaker at the 2nd Annual UNLV Impact Awards, hosted by the Office of Service Learning and Leadership.  The UNLV Impact Awards seeks to recognize students whose engagement activities advance learning, justice, and social change with the community.