As part of the leadership team for Q:UNLV (the LGBTQ+ staff/faculty affinity group), staff members Ash Quinn, Raven Brown (both Student Affairs), and Rocky Rockstraw (Nursing) presented a panel at the Southern Nevada Diversity Summit on October 4. The panel included two students, the co-president of UNLV's registered student organization Spectrum…
Renata F. Guzzo, Jaimi Garlington, Carola Raab, and Amanda Belarmino (all Hospitality) published the article "How do online meal delivery platforms impact restaurant employees?" in the Journal of Foodservice Business Research. The study surveyed 279 front-of-house and back-of-house restaurant employees to…
Zhaohuan Zhu (Physics and Astronomy) has been awarded two grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and one from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), serving as Principal Investigator for all three. These grants will support his cutting-edge research in astrophysics and planetary science. The NSF Astronomy and…
Noehealani Antolin (Medicine) has been appointed Treasurer of the Nevada Public Health Association (NPHA), whose mission is to advocate for public health in Nevada, with a focus on improving health outcomes and promoting equity in health status. She is the Grant and Research Director for a traffic safety initiative that aims to reduce traffic…
David G. Schwartz (Ombuds Office) recently published a post on Informed Informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post veers between BJJ instructional and a meditation on intentionality that, the author hopes, might connect with readers who aren't looking for tips on how to establish…
Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published the book "Public Crises and Personal Threat" with Glynis Breakwell of Imperial College in London and Universities of Bath & Surrey with Sage Publications.
Elissa Palmer (Family and Community Medicine) presented “Leadership: Identifying gender gap and stressors with a focus on self-competency assessment and resilience” at the Europe Region Annual Meeting of the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians (WONCA) in Dublin,…
Patience Crowder (Law) was part of a panel discussion on "Protecting Our Professional Identities While Teaching Our Students How to Form Their Own" at the 2024 Society of American Law Teachers Teaching Conference & Junior Faculty Development Workshop. 
Alexander Barzilov, Woosoon Yim (both Mechanical Engineering), Artem Gelis (Radiochemistry), and Ke-Xun Sun (Electrical and Computer Engineering) were awarded a five-year, $5,000,000 renewal grant from the National Nuclear Security Administration through the Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (MSIPP) to continue research projects of…

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