Tony Henthorne (Hospitality) recently published his second book on Cuba, titled Tourism in Cuba: Casinos, Castros, and Challenges. The book presents an in-depth exploration of the history and development of tourism in Cuba, beginning with the earliest days of prohibition in the United States.

Rosan Mitola (Libraries) had a book chapter, "Plan, Prioritize, and Partner: A Model to Create Successful Outreach Programs and Events," published in the book, Successful Campus Outreach for Academic Libraries. The book, published by Rowan & Littlefield, covers a variety of ways academic libraries are engaging with their…

Tim Gauthier (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published "Conceptual Confusion: The Ambiguities of the War on Terror in Roy-Bhattacharya's The Watch and O'Hagan's The Illuminations" in Terrorism and Literature (Cambridge University Press).

Drs. Edward Lynch and Martin Grootveld (both Dental) co-authored “Fluoride Releasing Capacity of Newly Developed Atraumatic Restorative Materials” in the international online, open-access, peer-reviewed Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences. The collaborative study included faculty from UNLV School of Dental Medicine; NITTE…

Stephen M. Miller (Center for Business and Economic Research) and Giorgio Canarella (Economics) recently received an Abramson Scroll from the National Association of Business Economists for a paper that was published in Business Economics. The Adolph G. Abramson Awards recognize exceptional articles published in Business Economics in the four…

Mandy Mountain and Dan Thompson (both Life Sciences) earlier this month were awarded the Faculty Award for the UNLV Image of Research for their image entitled Caterpillar of the Endangered Mount Charleston Blue Butterfly Attracting an Ant Mutualist. 

Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) presented a paper, "Los Tres Sentidos Incorpóreos en el Persiles," during the 2018 Cervantes Society of America conference, held at the University of Calgary, Canada, last month.

Special Collections and Archives (Libraries) recently received a $10,000 donation from NV Energy to support the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada project. Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada is an oral history and community engagement project aimed at expanding the diversity of the voices that UNLV University Libraries Special Collections and…

Samantha Godbey, Chelsea Heinbach, and Xan Goodman (all Libraries) recently presented at the European Conference on Information Literacy in Oulu, Finland.  Godbey presented "Assessment and the ACRL Framework", a discussion on the different types of assessment, using specific examples of assessment data using the framework developed by…