Hokwon Cho (Math) has been selected as this year's winner of the Graduate College's Outstanding Graduate Faculty Leadership Award. The award recognizes graduate faculty who demonstrate leadership by, for example, serving on committees; mentoring graduate students; and engaging in, leading, or significantly advancing efforts that help move the…

Janet Dufek (Kinesiology) is this year's recipient of the Graduate College's Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentorship Award. This award recognizes graduate faculty who mentor graduate students in teaching, research and service; provide sound counsel and advocacy on academic and non-academic issues; and guide students toward the successful…

Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored "Traumatic Life Events and Development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Female Factory Workers in a Developing Country," which has been published in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry. The study analyzed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among 607 lower…

Kwang Kim (Mechanical Engineering), Debra Martin (Anthropology), and Gabriele Wulf (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) have been selected as UNLV's 2018 Distinguished Professor Award recipients. The awards recognize professors for their teaching and scholarship as well as their service to the community, the university, and their profession.…

Caryll Batt Dziedziak (History and Women's Research Institute of Nevada) will participate in a panel discussion this month following a screening of the film Dolores at the Springs Preserve. The film is about feminist and activist Dolores Huerta, who tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice with Cesar Chavez.

Xan Goodman (Libraries) recently was named the recipient of the 2018 University Libraries Outstanding Faculty Service Award. Goodman was nominated for her significant and impactful service record at the local, regional, and national levels. Elected in 2016, Goodman serves as president of the Northern California and Nevada Medical…

Samantha Godbey (Libraries) is this year's recipient of the McPhee Librarian of the Year Award. She was nominated for her contributions as a liaison to the College of Education and her significant contributions to scholarship. The education librarian and assistant professor has collaborated with a College of Education faculty member to co-found…

Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) is the author of an article, "House of Netflix: Streaming Media and Digital Lore," which recently was published in the journal Popular Communication. The article looks at Netflix and the emergence of a nascent streaming industry, including the push into original programming…

Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) presented a solo paper, "Liminality Through a Mathematical Prism"  in a panel on Death Liminality and Cultural Expression, at the 30th annual conference of the Far West Popular Culture Association held in Las Vegas Feb. 23-25.