Stephanie Molina, Eric Noonan, Mathew Varre, and Sidath Kapukotuwa have been elected to the 2019-20 Graduate & Professional Student Association Executive Board. Their positions are: President- Stephanie Molina Vice-President- Eric Noonan Secretary- Mathew Varre Treasurer- Sidath Kapukotuwa We would like to thank all of the candidates…

Katelyn DiBenedetto and Valarie Burke (both Graduate College) hosted a webinar earlier this month for Beyond the Professoriate's research and innovation series where they discussed the professional development opportunities offered by the UNLV Graduate College Professional Development Academy that are helping graduate students better prepare…

Ray Cho (Hospitality) and Glenn Nowak (Architecture) were recently awarded a mini grant for their proposed cross-disciplinary project, Hospitality Design - Professional Project w/ Professionals' Assessments. The grant was awarded by the office of the vice provost for academic programs. 

AJ Cook, Stephanie Bell, and Lauren Shipton (all Nursing) have been elected to positions on the Board of Directors of the National Student Nurses Association. Cook was selected vice president, while Bell was selected director-West, and Shipton was chosen for the Nominations and Elections Committee. These three students are the first from UNLV…

Student Diversity and Social Justice (Student Affairs) received Congressional Commendation from U.S. Rep. Susie Lee for hosting the 32nd Annual Festival of Communities, the longest reigning campus tradition designed to acknowledge and celebrate diversity.

Susanna Newbury (Art) presented her research on Los Angeles artists engaging with the long tail of gentrification through real estate and development policy at the Aesthetics of Gentrification: Art, Architecture, and Displacement conference at the University of Oregon's Slow Lab in Portland. The conference assembled international scholars…

Romeo Jackson (Student Diversity and Social Justice), published a book chapter in the second edition of Intersectionality & Higher Education: Research, Theory, & Praxis. The chapter is titled "Thinking Theoretically with and beyond #Intersectionality: Frameworks to Center Queer and Trans People of Color Experiences!" They also…

Kevin Wright (Student Diversity and Social Justice) moderated two webinars with the American College Personnel Association Commission for Student Involvement. One focused on "Improving Campus Climate for Students with Disabilities." The topic of the second webinar was "IPlus Size Magic: Using Spoken Word for Fat Bodies." He also…

Stacey Tovino (Law) placed her latest article, “Going Rogue: Mobile Research Applications and the Right to Privacy,” in the Notre Dame Law Review. Building on her past works examining patient privacy and health information confidentiality, “Going Rogue” examines the privacy and security implications of mobile application-mediated health research…