Natalie Pennington (Communication Studies) was recently announced as the winner of the National Communication Association Master's Education Section Outstanding Mentor Award for 2022. Pennington will be honored for her work supporting graduate students at the national conference later this month in New Orleans, LA.

Sarah Wolff, president's UNLV Foundation graduate research fellow, and Dan Wright (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published "How feedback can affect metacomprehension and the decision to progress" in Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology. 

André Chiang, D.M.A., (Music, Voice) recently performed the title role in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Mississippi on October 27, 28, and 29 in Natchez and Jackson, MS. He also opens a production of La bohème performing Marcello with Opera Western Reserve in Youngstown, Ohio, on November 11.  Opera Mississippi is beginning…

Reimund Serafica (Nursing) presented two papers at the 48th Annual Transcultural Nursing Conference. One paper is titled, "A Study of Perceived Stress and Its Correlates Among Filipinos in the United States and Their Filipino Counterparts in the Philippines" (with research from UNLV Nursing Associate Dean of Research Lorraine Evangelista…

Dr. Deborah A. Kuhls (Medicine), professor of surgery, received the "Emergency Medicine Implementer of the Year" Traffic Safety Award during the 2022 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit, which was held on Oct. 19-20 in Carson City, Nevada.

Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine), professor of surgery presented, "Women in Trauma Surgery," at the 70th Annual Detroit Trauma Symposium on Nov. 3, 2022.

Kathleen Thimsen (Nursing) presented at the Nurses Summit on Combatting and Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting, an international group that raises awareness about forced organ harvesting. This was the first summit involving nursing professionals on this issue. 

Graduate student Elizabeth León Zaragoza, Nancy Lough (Higher Education), Michelle Samuel, and Tedd Girouard (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) have co-authored a recent article published in the Athletic Training Education Journal. The study assessed the levels of cultural competence of athletic training clinical preceptors. Results…

Dr. Christine Ancajas, Dr. Georgia Dounis, and Dr. Hassan Ziada (all Dental Medicine) received their inductions as fellows of the American College of Dentists during the American Dental Association’s annual meeting in October. The American College of Dentists strives to advance excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership in dentistry, and…