Assistant professor Bonhak Koo's (Hospitality) article, “Bad caring: Reframing the role of empathy in the hospitality industry,” was recently published in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. In this article, Koo and his co-authors explore the consequences of two types of empathic abilities on hospitality…

Łukasz Sznajder (Chemistry and Biochemistry) was featured in the article, “Neuromuscular Disease Research: Going Strong," published in the special 75th anniversary issue of Quest, which is dedicated to the unstoppable community the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) serves every day. MDA is the #1 voluntary health organization in the United…

Amanda Leisgang Osse (Brain Health; Medicine) has been awarded a prestigious Alzheimer's Association Fellowship to continue her research on the role and considerations of women's health in Alzheimer's clinical trials. The 3-year fellowship carries $200K award amount.

Neda Akhavan (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published ​"Daily Mango Intake Improves Glycemic and Body Composition Outcomes in Adults with Prediabetes: A Randomized Controlled Study" in the journal Foods. 

UNLV Health and two Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine medical students were honored by the Nevada Cancer Coalition for their dedication to reducing the burden of cancer for Nevadans. UNLV Health was named Healthcare Partner of the Year, and students Emily Ames and Maggie Sanders (both Medicine) were given Rising Star Awards. Last year, the two…

Brian Schilling (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) has been awarded $510,000 of funding through a subcontract on a U.S. Department of Defense Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II grant. The project, “Optimizing Remote Pre-Accession Training for Air Force Special Operations Forces Using BridgeAthletic with Garmin Integration,”…

Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Peter D. Wiens (Teaching and Learning) and Kenneth Varner (Education; Academic Programs and Initiatives), published the article "Co-Designing Teacher Leadership Course Content: The Experiences of Teachers, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators," in the Journal of…

Hoor Ul Ain, Jaelin Isquith, and Kara Christensen Pacella (all Psychology) published "Sensitivity and specificity of self-diagnosis of eating disorders in university students with and without food insecurity" in Eating Behaviors. Graduate student Hoor Ul Ain led this analysis, which found that students with food insecurity were similar to students…

Robert Futrell (Sociology) recently published a co-authored chapter, "A Constellation Framework for White Supremacy," in Right-Wing Movements in North America and Europe: Media, Identity, and Parties (Routledge). The chapter offers a more complex, nuanced, and useful conceptual approach to understanding the expansion and normalization of…