Latinos in Action in conjunction with Clark County Schools took over the UNLV Student Union on March 28, 2023, and UNLV faculty, staff, and students were asked to present to the 280 projected Latino students who aspire to be community leaders and who participate in Latinos in Action here in Clark County. NASA astronaut José M. Hernández was…

Laurence Myers Reese (Black Mountain Institute) published an article titled, "Verdant Refuge / Desert Refugee," in Southwest Contemporary Magazine, Volume 7: "Finding Water in the West." His article profiles the artwork of Nanda Sharif-Pour (MFA, Art, 2019) and her use of artistic interventions that address immigration and climate change.

Godson Ebenezer Adjovu (Civil and Environmental Engineering) was awarded the Grad Brag Honoree Award at the 49th Annual Convention of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) held in Kansas City, Missouri, in upholding the “NSBE mission in increasing the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically,…

Godson Ebenezer Adjovu (Civil and Environmental Engineering) presented his research on March 23, 2023, at the Technical Research Exhibition: Poster Session at the 49th Annual Convention of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) held in Kansas City, Missouri.

Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-published a paper titled, "Cognitive and Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Limbic Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy" in the journal Neurology. The primary aim of this study was to elucidate the clinical and cognitive differences at baseline between patients with autopsy confirmed…

Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) presented at the prestigious 2023 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennal Meeting on March 25, 2023. Her presentation was part of the panel titled, "A Deeper Dive: Examining the implementation of early childhood interventions across three countries." Buccini's session…

Kathryn Houk (Libraries) and Jordan Nielsen (Middle Tennessee State University) presented, "Exploring Academic Librarian Candidates' Experiences on the Job Market," at the 2023 Association of College and Research Libraries Conference. Houk is the undergraduate medical education librarian in the School of Medicine Library.   

Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education; Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment), Mark Spinrad (Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment), Sean Mulvenon, Megan Griffard (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), and Monica Ceja Rodriguez (Educational Psychology, Leadership,…

Reimund Serafica (lead-author), Jennifer Kawi, Andrew Thomas Reyes, and Lorraine Evangelista (all Nursing), and Miguel Fudolig and Francisco Sy (Public Health) co-authored an article, "Correlates of Psychological Distress Among Filipino Americans and Filipinos Living in Urban Areas in the United States and the Philippines." The study aimed to…