Tarryn E. McGhie (Office of Online Education), Rebekah Piper (Texas A&M-San Antonio), and Myah Stanford (Winthrop University) presented their research "Multicultural Content, Pedagogy, and Dialogue: Preparing Teachers to Shape the Future of Literacy Education" at the National Council for Teachers of English annual convention in Houston. This…

Barbara St. Pierre Schneider (Nursing) was inducted into the 2018 inaugural cohort of the Hall of Fame at the Louisiana State University Health School of Nursing in New Orleans. The School of Nursing Hall of Fame recognizes alumni, faculty or student achievements that have made an enduring contribution to the nursing profession…

Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health) presented a poster, "Spatial variation of ZIKV incidence associated with meteorological measurements," in the 2018 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in San Diego.  

Debra Martin (Anthropology) and Cheryl Anderson, recipient of last year's UNLV outstanding Ph.D. thesis award and co-edited Massacres: Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Approaches (University of Florida Press, 2018), which was released this week. This volume represents case studies of massacres from ancient to modern times. By…

Romeo Jackson, LGBTQ and Gender Program Coordinator in the Office of Student Diversity and Social Justice, presented at the 2018 Student Affairs Conference.  The topic was "Lost in the Borderlands: Supporting Queer and Trans Students of Color."

Jun Kang (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has been awarded a patent granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the invention “Methods and Compositions for Substituted Alpha-Aminophosphonate Analogues.” This synthetic method would enable a rapid synthesis of bioactive phosphorus-containing compounds and pharmaceuticals under…

Chad L. Cross (Medicine) recently published the 11th edition of his co-authored textbook, Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences, from John Wiley & Sons, which was released Nov. 13. This best-selling volume is one of the longest-running texts available in introductory biostatistics, and enjoys an international…

Jeffrey Ebersole and Linh Nguyen (Dental) and Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) co-authored “Age and Periodontal Health – Immunological View,” which focused on biological aging instead of chronological aging to help account for population variation in disease expression. The findings may suggest that chronic periodontitis represents…

Dave Loeb (Music) and the UNLV School of Music, Division of Jazz and Commercial Music, received another outstanding review for its latest release, Fascinating Rhythm/Latin Journey IV on Vegas Records, in the  November Education issue of Jazz Times. "There’s an abundance of riches on this two CD-set from UNLV’s jazz program. It includes…