Drs. Kenneth Izuora and Matthew Ng (both Medicine) published a commentary looking at hearing loss among individuals with diabetes and the impact of gender differences on the risk of developing hearing loss among this population.Izuora is with the department of internal medicine, while Ng is with the department of otolaryngology.

Dr. William Leavitt (Dental) accepted a three-year appointment to the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Centralized Application for Advanced Placement for International Dentists Advisory Group. The group supports the ADEA Division of Educational Pathways (ADEA DEP) staff in reviewing and revising data elements, data manipulation, report…

William Speer (Mathematics Learning Center) recently gave a presentation at the Annual Conference of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning (RCML) in Dallas. His presentation was on innovations of the UNLV Mathematics Learning Center and the nature, design, and promise of the Corequisite Mathematics initiative for student success in…

Eda Anlamlier (Marketing and International Business) published a book chapter, "Experiential Conspicuous Consumption on Social Media," in the book Experiential Marketing in an Age of Hyper-Connectivity: Navigating the Customer Experience Journey, which was edited by Nadia Pomirleanu and John Schibrowsky (both Marketing and International…

Wen Jiang, Cass Shum, Billy Bai, and Mehmet Erdem (all Hospitality) recently published their paper, "P2P Accommodation Motivators and Repurchase Intention: A Comparison of Indirect and Total Effects Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic" in the Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management. The paper tested and compared the…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on "From the Ombuds," the official blog of the ombuds office about the importance of impartiality to the practice of ombuds. Impartiality is one of the four ethical principles that guide the practice of organizational ombuds, and as such informs the operation of UNLV's ombuds office.

Jin Ouk Choi (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) received a grant from the Construction Industry Institute (CII) as principal investigator. He will develop a new modularization business case analysis tool that can determine the optimal extent of modularization for a given project considering new business drivers with his…

Rubaiya Murshed and Shubhra Bansal (both Mechanical Engineering) have published a journal paper on Perovskite photovoltaic material, "Additive-Assisted Optimization in Morphology and Optoelectronic Properties of Inorganic Mixed Sn-Pb Halide Perovskites." This paper was published in Materials in  January. Murshed is a doctoral student.

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) is the lead author of a new report, DisruptHERS: Driving A New Model for Women's Sport, that was released by the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota to celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month.…