Jennifer Byrnes and graduate students Taylor Flaherty, Liam Johnson, Katharine Woollen, Dayanira Lopez, Katherine Gaddis, SaMoura Horsley (all Anthropology), published an article titled, "Speaking of Sex: Critical Reflections for Forensic Anthropologists," in Humans. This essay outlines language and terminology…

Director of the UNLV Health Law Program, David Orentlicher (Law), will be part of the "National Trends in Telehealth" panel at the 2023 Arizona Telehealth Policy Summit this week. 

Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning) and Doris L. Watson (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) have published an edited book, The History of Now: Urban Education, Alternative Routes to Licensure, and the Oral Histories of Black and Latinx Educators (DIO Press). Readers of the book will learn about the history of…

University of New Mexico Press announced that they will release a second edition of Michael J. Alarid’s (History) book, Hispano Bastion: New Mexican Power in the Age of Manifest Destiny, 1837-1860. The hardcover version of Hispano Bastion was initially published in December 2022. This second edition will be printed in paperback, and is scheduled…

Associate Professor Blanca Rincón (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) received the university's nomination for the 2024 Nevada Regents Mid-Career Researcher Award. The nomination now goes to the system-level committee and the winner, who will receive a $5,000 stipend, will be announced in early 2024. 

Daniel Chi (Finance) presented his research paper, “Information Technology and the Information Content of Financial Markets,” at the 2023 Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. FMA is the world’s premier association on finance research and education. Chi’s paper was selected as a semifinalist for the best paper…

Ph.D. candidate Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 NASPA Region V Graduate Student Rising Star Award. This award is given to a graduate student showing evidence of exemplary service to an institution of higher education, to NASPA, and to the…

Jennifer Hurtado (Medicine), a dedicated second-year student from the Class of 2026, has earned the prestigious 2023 Hispanic Health Professional Student Scholarship, awarded by the National Hispanic Health Foundation (NHHF). This competitive honor spotlights individuals who have shown exemplary academic prowess, leadership qualities, and a deep-…

Stephanie Fell and Landon Paljusaj (both Libraries) gave a presentation titled, "Serials Reclassification and Metadata Remediation: A Case Study in Progress" at the NASIG Autumn 2023 virtual conference. The presentation described two projects currently underway in the Libraries to improve access and discovery to Special Collections Periodicals and…