William Speer (Mathematics Learning Center) and Jeff Shih (Teaching & Learning) served as co-chairs and organizers of the 47th annual conference of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning (RCML) that took place at the Alexis Park Resort earlier this month. The conference, which was attended by more than 170 people, was sponsored by UNLV,…

Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) recently published an article, "The Consequences of Denial: Peirce's Bilateral Semantics," in Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. This work also was recently featured in a workshop devoted to semantic bilateralism in logic at an international workshop at the University of Amsterdam sponsored by the European…

Erika Engstrom (Communication Studies) is featured in a podcast for the New Books Network, a consortium of author-interview podcast channels that brings scholarly research to the public via new media. She was interviewed about her book Feminism, Gender, and Politics in NBC's "Parks and Recreation," as well as her other books and ongoing…

Erin Hamilton and Jason Smith (both Accounting) recently had their paper, "Error or Fraud? The Effect of Omissions on Management's Fraud Strategies and Auditors' Evaluations of Identified Misstatements," accepted for publication in The Accounting Review. The Accounting Review is a top-three journal in accounting and an A+ on the LEE journal list.

Romeo Jackson (Student Diversity & Social Justice) presented multiple times at ACPA: The College Student Educators International Conference. The presentations were:  Rethinking Student Affairs Practice and Research Using Queer/Trans Frameworks with Antonio Duran, Auburn University and Alex C. Lange, University of Iowa The State…

Dr. Lily T. García (Dental) provided comments for an article titled "Talking with Women who are Forging New Paths in Dentistry," which appeared in the January issue of Inside Dentistry. She also co-authored several articles that appeared in the January issue of the Journal of Dental Education. They are: “ADEA- ADEE Shaping the Future of Dental…

Kevin Wright and Alex Romero (both Student Diversity & Social Justice) presented at the 96th annual American College Personnel Association Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Their presentation was titled "Reframing Masculinity among LatinX Students in Higher Education." This workshop was co-sponsored by the Latin@/x Network and the Coalition…

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently hosted a conversation with Las Vegas musical legend Frank Leone at the Clark County Library. Leone, who arrived in Las Vegas in 1967 to work as a pianist, conductor, and musical director, accompanied many of the era's top entertainment draws: Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Steve and Eydie, Red…

Rick Darnold (Business) recently received a continuation of a previous patent issued (#10,039,240), a "Device for monitoring and controlling water flow," which includes a staged triggering protocol when water flow and or water pressure deviates from "learned" norms in one or more watering stations. With the drought conditions…