Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) published an article on the Mazatec Indigenous use of hallucinogenic mushrooms in relation to the recent use of psychedelic substances for clinical use. The article, "Re-territorializing María Sabina: Huautla, Mushrooms, and Politics," is part of the Society of Cultural Anthropology Hot Spots Series on the…

Simon Jowitt (Geoscience) was featured in an Ars Technica article on the rare earth elements, covering demand for these elements that are critical for modern technology, green energy, and defense. The article highlights recent UNLV geoscience research on the geology and potential recycling of the rare earth elements, and how developments in this…

Caryll Batt Dziedziak (WRIN and History) has been awarded the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southwest Oral History Association (SOHA), having made outstanding levels of contributions to SOHA for many years. She was instrumental in establishing the institutional home for SOHA at UNLV in 2014, which provides SOHA with an institutional…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed by journalist Harry Bruinius of the Christian Science Monitor for a piece on the alliance between libertarians and Black Lives Matter activists, two groups typically seen on the opposite ends of political issues, in their mutual calls to defund the police. He also was…

Dr. Lily T. Garcia (Dental) authored an editorial,“The ACP Parameters of Care,” that appeared in the July issue of the Journal of Prosthodontists. She also co-authored “The Changing Role of Dental School Deans,” which appeared in the spring issue of the “Journal of the American College of Dentists

The School of Dental Medicine received donated lunches from Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que restaurant earlier this month to recognize the dedication of faculty, staff, and residents in the school’s Emergency Room who screened and treated patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lucille's said it was pleased to support the UNLV School of Dental…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) co-authored the article "Analyzing Support for #TweetforTaiwan" on E-International Relations. This article analyzes the 40,000 tweets with #TweetforTaiwan hashtag in early May and reveals the online campaign collaboration among netizens from Taiwan, India, Thailand, the United States, and Hong…

Kristen Grunerud (Nursing) earned her doctoral status after successfully defending her doctor of nursing practice (DNP) project. Her project was titled, ""An Intervention to Increase Nurses’ Knowledge of Non-Opioid Pain Management in Post-Operative Elective Knee and Hip Replacement Patients".

Sutirtha Chatterjee (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) recently was appointed as a senior editor of the Journal of the Association for Information Systems. The flagship journal of the Association for Information Systems, it publishes the highest quality scholarship in the field of information systems. It is inclusive in topics, level,…