Carrie Ahlborn, Kerry Sallee, and Alexandra Liebman (Foundation) were lead creators of "Flexible. Personal. Vital.," a campaign for the UNLV annual fund, which was named a 2016 CASE VII Award of Excellence bronze winner in the category "Best Practices in Fundraising: Campaigns." The annual awards competition is presented by District VII of…

Justin Zhan and Laxmi Gewali (both Computer Science) received a $40,000 Army Education Outreach Program (AEOP) UNITE grant to provide STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education to underserved high school students and raise awareness of STEM-oriented industries and career opportunities.  

Francis “Frank” Cucinotta (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) served as guest editor for the online journal Frontiers, which compiled multiple articles focused on experiences and opinions of scientists dealing with high-energy charged particles either for cancer treatment or space radiation protection. The journal, which contained two…

Amy Bouchard, APR (Alumni Relations) was elected as chair of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Western District. PRSA is a national organization made up of 10 districts. The Western District has 11 chapters with more than 2,200 members and covers the territory of Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Southern California, and Southern…

Biologist Daniel Thompson (Life Sciences) was recently featured in the Vegas PBS series Outdoor Nevada. Thompson and colleagues from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service joined host John Burke to discuss rare butterflies in the Spring Mountains. Vegas PBS’ Outdoor Nevada originally aired from 1995…

The UNLV School of Nursing has been selected as publisher of the Asian Pacific Island Nursing Journal, a peer-reviewed international forum for the exchange of knowledge in relation to Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander health and nursing care. Nursing faculty members will retain their editorial roles with the publication: …

Gerald R. Weeks, Katherine Hertlein, and Nancy Gambescia (Marriage and Family Therapy) recently published the second edition of A Clinician's Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy (Routledge, 2015). This text is a companion book to Systemic Sex Therapy, second edition, which was publisher earlier in 2015 by Routledge. These two books continue the…

Catherine Bacos and Vaneh Darakjian (Law School) are editor and associate editor, respectively, of UNLV Law magazine, which has been selected as a 2016 Award of Excellence bronze winner in the category of “Annual Magazines” by District VII of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). More than 500 entries were received and…

Josh Bonde (Geoscience) is one of 10 community members to be appointed to the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Advisory Council by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior. The council will provide the secretary guidance for the management of the monument, including advisement on the preparation and implementation of a park management plan.