Alireza Rezaee (Public Health, Pollen Monitoring Lab) presented a poster titled, "Comparison of Airborne Fungal Spore Concentrations in Las Vegas from 2020-2022" during the regional Arizona and Southern Nevada branch meeting of the American Society for Microbiology held at UNLV.
Shashi Nambisan, Juliana Byzyka, Khandaker Arafin Islam (Transportation Research Center), and Shreya Chindepalli (University of Texas at Arlington) published "A Study of Electric Vehicles Ecosystem in Nevada" in 2024 Forum of Innovative Sustainable Transportation Systems (FISTS) by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The…
Sarah M. Wolff and Daniel B. Wright (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), along with their colleague Glynis Breakwell at the University of Bath, have published an open access article in the Royal Society Open Science titled, “Psychometric evaluation of the Trust in Science and Scientists Scale."
Professor Jean Sternlight (Law) was on a panel at the American Bar Association (ABA) Dispute Resolution Section's Annual Spring Conference in San Diego titled, “The Slow Professor: A Better Approach for Dispute Resolution Scholarship?”
Brenna Renn (Psychology) published a peer-reviewed manuscript detailing policy to expand the behavioral health workforce, "Behavioral Health Workforce Development in Washington State: Addition of a Behavioral Health Support Specialist," in Psychiatric Services alongside co-authors from the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and…
Irma Corral (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Psychiatry and Behavioral Health) has been elected to a second term as vice president of the Nevada Psychological Association - Southern Region Board. The Nevada Psychological Association is a 501c(6) non-profit professional association representing licensed psychologists and others affiliated with…
Amy Brown (Music) presented a Table Talk at the Learning for the Future Conference titled, "Data-Driven In"Formative" Assessment." Participants discussed various ways of gathering data to analyze student progress and learned about using formative.com as an assessment tool for students of all ages.
Appointment/Election: Amber Sewell, Chelsea Heinbach, Rosan Mitola
Amber Sewell, Chelsea Heinbach, and Rosan Mitola (all Libraries) have each been elected to a leadership position within the American Library Association and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
Sewell, Teaching and Learning Librarian, was selected as president-elect of the Games & Gaming Round Table of the American…
Dr. Kenneth Izuora (Medicine) presented findings from the UNLV Health Immunization Workflow Assessment project to the Council of Medical Specialty Societies during its Quality Improvement and Data Leads meeting held on March 26, 2024. UNLV Health is one of the health systems selected from across the country to participate in this Quality…