Several members of the Graduate College presented at the Enrollment Rx 2018 Conference, hosted by the Graduate College at UNLV May 16-18. Enrollment Rx is a higher education technology company that provides innovative constituent relationship management solutions.   Dean Kate Korgan was a keynote speaker and spoke about …

Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published "Body, Neuro-Diverse, and Ability-Centered Identities" in The Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies, which is available on Oxford Handbooks Online.  

André Wilsenach and Jennifer Roberts (International Center for Gaming Regulation) were invited to present at this year's International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) conference and Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia in Macau. The two spoke on emerging topics in the gaming industry, including blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and esports, as…

Bo Bernhard (International Gaming Institute) recently delivered two keynote addresses in Macau, China. The first keynote was for the International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) Summit and focused on the impacts of the integrated resort on society and the economy. The second, for the Asia Lottery Forum, presented a global analysis…

Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute) was invited to speak at a plenary "talkback session" for The Spot conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. Hosted by ThinkSport, an organization founded in part by the International Olympic Committee, the conference aims to bring together sports organizations, research and educational institutes,…

In mid-April, the UNLV public history program hosted the National Council on Public History’s annual conference, giving UNLV faculty and graduate students an opportunity to organize events and showcase their work: Costume curator and the director of public history at UNLV Deirdre Clemente organized a pop-up fashion exhibition where…

Karl Kingsley, Ian Pearson, and James Luke Taylor (all Dental) published the peer-reviewed manuscript "Evaluation of Differential Oral Cell-Specific Responses to the e-Cigarette Component Nicotine" in the International Journal of Research and Reports in Dentistry.    

Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing) co-authored a chapter in the book Top 10 Contributions on Nursing & Health Care titled “Ethical, Legal, and Sociocultural Issues (ELSI) in Nursing Viewed through a Complex Synergistic System Lens." The book is in press and published as an eBook earlier this year.

Charlotta Sanders (Mechanical Engineering) and her husband, Mark Callis Sanders, recently received the American Chemical Society’s Energy and Fuels Division Distinguished Service Medal (Peter Derrick Memorial Medal) in recognition of their contribution to the division. The award was presented to the Sanders to acknowledge their efforts in…