Su Kim Chung (Libraries) moderated "Fishnets & Spotlights: The Latin Quarter and 'John Hemmer & the Showgirls" at the Clark County Library last month. The panel covered the many New York producers, choreographers, and performers who migrated to Las Vegas when the Manhattan nightclub heyday dwindled. The event included a screening of…

Camisha Fagan (English and Sociology) and Vanessa Núñez (Sociology) presented at the Pacific Sociological Association's annual conference in Oakland, California. Their presentation was titled "SLICES of Research: Service Learning as a Means to Engage Youth in Research." This project was conducted through the SLICES (Service Learning…

The TRIO, GEAR UP, AANAPISI (Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions), and NSF LSAMP (Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation) programs, along with elected officials, community partners, and Clark County School District (CCSD) administrators, came together with students and families in February to…

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) gave a presentation, "Disruptive Convenience: A Brief History of Technology in Las Vegas Gaming," to the Hospitality Finance and Technology Professionals Las Vegas chapter. The audience included UNLV faculty, students, and alumni.

Claytee White (Libraries) will receive the Judith Winzeler Award for Excellence in the Humanities from Nevada Humanities at a special awards reception April 18 at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno. 

Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) received the 2019 Gerontological Nursing Science Dissertation Award at Midwest Nursing Research Society 43rd Annual Research Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, in March.

Andrea Wirth (Libraries) and Amy Brunvand (University of Utah) and recently presented at the Intermountain Sustainability Summit, in Ogden, Utah, on the topic of "Libraries as Partners for Community Sustainability." The two-part presentation provided background on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and their connection to…

Robert Schill (Electrical and Computer Engineering) was awarded a patent for his “Auto-Triggered Methods and Systems for Protecting Against Direct and Indirect Electronic Attack.” Since plasma, at a high enough density, can be used to disrupt a high power electromagnetic pulse or continuous wave, by controlling the density, one could prevent…

William R. Speer (Math Learning Center) was honored this month as the recipient of the James W. Heddens Distinguished Service Award presented by the Research Council on Mathematics Learning at the 46th annual meeting of the organization at University of North Carolina, Charlotte.