Emma Frances Bloomfield (Communication Studies) and Gabriela Tscholl, '15 BA and '17 MA Communication Studies, published an article about political rhetoric in the 2016 presidential election in the Kenneth Burke Journal titled, "Analyzing Warrants and Worldviews in the Rhetoric of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton: Burke and Argumentation…

Special Collections & Archives (UNLV Libraries) has been awarded a a $50,000 grant from the Las Vegas Centennial Commission 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 Special Collections…

Dr. David Glenn Weismiller (Medicine) was recognized by Nevada Public Radio and its publication Desert Companion as one of Las Vegas' Best Doctors for 2018. Founded in 1989 by Harvard Medical School physicians, Best Doctors is a global benefits provider and medical information services company that connects individuals facing difficult medical…

Keah-Choon "KC" Tan and James Cross (both Marketing and International Business) recently presented their paper "The Effect of Green Capabilities on Closed-Loop Supply Chain Adoption" at the Asia-Pacific Division Science Institute International Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. The paper focuses on the sustainable practices in supply chain…

Robert Lang (Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute) authored a guest column on Interstate 11 in the "Where I Stand" series of the Las Vegas Sun. The editorial argues that existing proposals for the expansion of I-11 north of Las Vegas are shortsighted, as a state-only discussion misses the larger purpose of the interstate — to…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) coauthored an article, "Extreme Candidates as the Beneficent Spoiler? Range Effect in the Plurality Voting System," which recently published in Political Research Quarterly. This article provides evidence showing that the entrance of an extreme candidate may impact how voters perceive other moderate…

UNLV has received two 2018 Educational Fundraising Awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). The honors are given each year to superior fundraising programs at educational institutions across the country. UNLV is one of six public universities nationwide with endowments of less than $350 million to be honored for…

Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental Medicine) co-authored “Odontogenic Abscesses in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) of Cayo Santiago,” which appeared online ahead of publication in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Because of the closeness between the rhesus monkey and human genomes, the study may provide insights into the epidemiology of…

Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy) received a National Institutes of Health Research Scientist Development Award sponsored by the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research within the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The five-year, $655,000 award aims to advance the understanding of…