Taylor Flaherty and Jennifer Byrnes (both Anthropology) published an article titled, "Technical Note: Individuals identified by radiographic comparison: A sample of demographics and the region of body used for identification in Clark County, Nevada, USA (2017–2020)," in Forensic Science International.

Katherine Gaddis, Katharine Woollen, Liam Johnson, Taylor Flaherty, and Jennifer Byrnes (all Anthropology) published a new article titled, "A structural vulnerability approach to older adult suicides: Trends and potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Clark County, NV (2017–2021)." This paper was published in Forensic Science…

Timothy Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health), Andrea Lopez (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Ying Guo (Environmental and Occupational Health) published an article on "Development and preliminary validation of the positive consequences of cannabis (PCOC) scale" in the journal Addictive Behaviors. The goal of the study was to develop and test…

Ph.D. student Aaron Colleta (Public Policy and Leadership) has been honored as a Founders' Fellow by the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) this year. The Founders' Fellows program is designed to support and advance the next generation of public service leaders, providing significant professional development opportunities. Aaron…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the official blog of UNLV's Ombuds Office, featuring three more takeaways from the recently released UNLV Ombuds Office 2023 Annual Report.  For more information about the Ombuds Office, please visit its website. 

Andre Chiang and Olivia Yokers (both Music) gave a set of master classes, lectures, and workshops around the Southeast this past week. The pair visited the University of Alabama to give a Chekhov workshop, Belmont University to give lectures on vocology and body work, the University of Mississippi to give a master class and Chekhov workshop, and…

Rian Satterwhite (Office of Service Learning & Leadership, Student Affairs) recently participated in the inaugural International Leadership Association Dialogue Lab, where he facilitated a session on the future of leadership in the Anthropocene. The event drew together approx. 100 leadership educators, coaches, and researchers from multiple…

Vuk Celic and Dan Wright (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) recently published "How is the memory conformity effect influenced by the relative power of the individuals involved?" in Applied Cognitive Psychology. They are interested in when people are learning information from others how the power roles each person…

Jeff Schauer (History) published "Arming Zambia in the Dark Forest of International Politics: Kenneth Kaunda, Britain, and Arms Diplomacy, 1963-1971," in the first of two special issues of the Zambia Social Science Journal dedicated to assessing the life and legacy of the late-Kenneth Kaunda (1924-2021), president of Zambia between 1964…