Katherine Keller (Libraries) recently presented "Comics, Censorship, and You" at the Nevada Library Association-Mountain Plains Library Association Joint Conference 2017 in Stateline. Her presentation addressed the history of comics censorship, the birth of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, comics and collection development, and what to do…

Michael Ian Borer (Sociology) gave a talk and workshop for the Las Vegas-Clark County Library Distract at its Windmill Lane location as part of its “Adulting 101” series. He presented research on popular culture and social interaction and their connections to urban “lifestyle enclaves,” scenes, and friendship networks.  

Andrew Thomas Reyes and Katrina Isla (both Nursing), Christopher Kearney (Psychology), and Ross Bryant (Military and Veteran Services Center) co-authored “Student Veterans’ Construction and Enactment of Resilience: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study,” which explored how student veterans prepare themselves to handle the challenges of academic…

Edward Lynch (Dental) was one of the main invited speakers who presented at the annual BDIA conference in the National Exhibition Center in Birmingham, England, in October. He spoke on the theme of “Putting Innovation into Practice” and presented the latest evidenced-based translational research especially related to innovations with…

Lizette Arellano, Shaun Mangelson, and Manuel Rodríguez-P­érez (all World Languages and Cultures) attended the third annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities held at Sacramento State University in October. They presented as a panel a series of essays on the Spanish post-war novel Nada written by Carmen Laforet. The panel covered a…

MaryKay Orgill (Chemistry and Biochemistry) was shocked by the news of the Oct. 1 incident on the Las Vegas Strip. How she reacted and some of her students' responses were featured recently in Chemical & Engineering News.   The morning after the incident, Orgill decided to talk to her class about how the mass shooting…

Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute) recently was awarded a $289,153 research contract from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The funding will provide support for an ongoing project titled “Socio-Economic Impact of the Integrated Resort in Japan and Evaluation of Nevada Gaming Regulatory Processes to Eliminate Organized Crime in Las Vegas…

Cory Lampert and Emily Lapworth (both Libraries) presented "What Happens in Nevada ... Gets Digitized!" at the Conference of Intermountain Archivists (CIMA) fall caucus in October. The presentation was part of a Nevada Digital Collections Summit meeting that brought together colleagues from UNLV, UNR Special Collections, and the Nevada State…

Thomas Padilla (Libraries) was a panelist at the Institute for Museum and Library Service's National Digital Platform at Three event in Arlington, Virginia, in October. He spoke on the greatest funding impacts and opportunities on the "Expanding Cultural Heritage Capacity" panel with speakers from the Internet Archive, WGBH, and the University of…