Ranjani Murali (Life Sciences), in collaboration with researchers from Caltech, is the lead author of a groundbreaking new study that found many more bacteria produce greenhouse gases than previously thought. The research team discovered a new class of enzymes that enable various bacteria to use nitrate as a substitute for oxygen in low-…

Lynn Comella (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed by the Boston Globe about the new Sexual Entertainment and Economies Collection in UNLV Special Collections and Archives. UNLV is joining with Harvard's Schlesinger Library, Cornell, the University of Toronto, and the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University in documenting…

Randy Reichenfeld (Radiography), a PTI and MR technologist, will be giving this year's MR Safety Week presentation for the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT). Chad Hensley, director of UNLV's radiography program, gave the safety presentation during last year's annual meeting, marking the second year in a row that a…

Joseph Kevin Sebastian (Libraries) presented "Crafting a Queer Information Literacy (QIL) Framework: An Exploration of Embodiment, Digital Learning, and Information Literacy in Academic Spaces" at the 2024 Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Colloquium.

Gabriela Buccini, Kaelia Lynn Saniatan, Cristina Hernandez, Cali Larrison (all School of Public Health); Dodds P. Simangan and Jyoti Desai (UNLV Health); and Melva Thompson-Robinson (School of Nursing) published, "Nurturing care assets for food security: a community asset mapping approach," in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. This…

Professor Addie Rolnick (Law) participated in the Decarceration Law Professor Works-in-Progress Workshop.

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently gave a presentation on the Sands Hotel, the subject of his most recent book, at the 31st annual meeting of the Casino Collectibles Association at the South Point. Following the talk, Schwartz participated in a two-hour "celebrity" meet and greet on the exhibition floor, where he had the chance to connect with…

Naseem Benjelloun (Political Science) presented "Disproportionately Unrepresentative: The effects of Proportional Representation on the election of LGBT Parliamentarians" at the Southern Political Science Association Summer Virtual Conference 

Kavita Batra (Medicine) in addition to her existing leadership positions on multiple journals, was appointed as the new editor-in-chief to the International Perspectives on Health Equity (IPHEE) journal. Given her strong research and scholarly records, Batra aims to motivate, encourage and provide instruction to the other members of…