Mehmet Erdem, Chih-Chien Chen (both Hospitality) and Tevfik Demirciftci (Hospitality Administration) recently published their article, "A Tabulation of Information Technology and Consumer Behavior in Hospitality Revenue Management Research," in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology. The paper presents an overview of revenue…

Angela F. Amar (Nursing) participated in an invited plenary panel session titled "Leadership and Diversity During a Pandemic Disruption" at the Academic Nursing Leadership conference of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing this month. This discussion looks at different approaches taken to lead through the challenges of 2020. Together we…

Eshaan Vakil (Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute) and Katelin Gilbertson (Economics, Brookings Mountain West, and The Lincy Institute) recently co-authored, “Feds Aren’t Protecting You From Tech Giants,” published in the Nevada Current. Their story highlights the need for the Nevada Legislature to step up and follow in the…

John Curry (History) presented a paper at the annual conference of the Middle East Studies Association, which was held virtually this year. His paper, "The Extraordinary Life of Mezemorta Huseyin Pasha: Corsair, Captive, Dey and Admiral," sought to explain how marginal figures engaged in piracy in the early modern Mediterranean could sometimes…

Dr. Nabil Noureddin (Medicine) published his manuscript, “Increase in Alcoholic Hepatitis as an Etiology for Liver Transplantation in the United States: A 2004–2018 Analysis” in Transplantation Direct Journal. He is the first author on this national study of the natural history for liver transplantation due to alcoholic hepatitis. He and his co-…

Alejandra Herrera (History) won the Western History Association Graduate Student Prize. The prize is designed to foster graduate student professional development and to enhance collegial citizenship within the organization. Herrera will use the research stipend to conduct research on the history Nevada, once it is safe to travel in…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published the co-authored article "Measuring ‘Closeness’ in 3-Candidate Elections: Methodology and an Application to Strategic Voting" in Electoral Studies. The article discusses three axioms in measuring strategic voting, suggests a set of new measurements, and examines the measures through the…

Dean Marc J. Kahn (School of Medicine) was recently a guest on Nevada State Senator Ben Kieckhefer's podcast Across the Aisle. Senator Kieckhefer and Dean Kahn discussed healthcare, the economy, and some of the new partnerships the UNLV School of Medicine is creating that will aid in the state's economic recovery. …

The UNLV Wind Orchestra, directed by Thomas Leslie (Music), received two 5-star reviews in the October issue of Fanfare Magazine for its latest CD Quaternity, published by Klavier Music Productions. The CD also has been listed for Grammy consideration, a major achievement for a collegiate wind orchestra.