The UNLV Intercollegiate & Professional Sport Management (IPSM) program was selected as one out of 12 programs in the nation to compete in the 2024 National Sports Forum Case Cup Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 23-28. IPSM master's students Cheyne Sauceda (team captain), Meadow Eisenstein, Akash Prinja, and Roland…

Director Shaun Franklin-Sewell (Marketing & Patron Services in the Performing Arts Center) received a scholarship to attend the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) Venue Management School (VMS). The VMS first-year curriculum covers topics such as event management, life safety, marketing and advertising, crowd management and the…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has coauthored an article titled, “Food safety-related practices among residents aged 18–75 years during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Southwest China,” in the journal BMC Public Health (Impact factor 4.1) with coauthors from Chongqing Medical University. The…

Shannon Richard (Nursing PhD graduate and lead author), Brenna Renn (Psychology), and Dieu-My Tran, Jinyoung Kim, and Du Feng (all Nursing) published, "Metabolic Syndrome, Modifiable Lifestyle Factors, and Sleep-Disordered Breathing: The Hispanic Community Health Study," in Annals of Behavioral Medicine. This study found associations between the…

Alain Bengochea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) has been appointed by the Nevada Department of Education to serve on the advisory council to revise and modernize the Nevada State Literacy Plan (NSLP). The NSLP provides guidance and support to districts and charter schools by incorporating contemporary literacy best practices…

Mark Lenker (Educational Initiatives Department, UNLV Libraries) had an essay published in the journal Communications in Information Literacy. "Dwindling Trust in Experts: A Starting Point for Information Literacy" makes a case for centering library instruction on the public’s declining trust in experts. The recommended guided discussion…

LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has authored the CEDER Yearbook, a peer-reviewed book of educational research published by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's College of Education and Human Development. It is indexed in Books in Print, EBSCO's Education Research Complete, and EBSCO's…

Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) is a recipient of the Service Member Patriot Award, a recognition earned through the nomination of her doctoral student, Keishmer Cardoso, a captain in the National Guard. This distinguished award acknowledges the support provided by individual supervisors and bosses to an employee serving in the…

Dr. Jyoti Mago (Dental) presented a poster with Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) during the American Public Health Association meeting titled "Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and Threats Analysis of ChatGPT in Oral Health Education." The authors concluded ChatGPT has the promise to augment the oral healthcare…