Jerra Strong (Web & Digital Strategy) and Heather Ortiz (Business Affairs) presented a session, "A Blueprint for Becoming an Ally for Accessibility: The UNLV Digital Accessibility Ambassador Program," at the 2023 Western Association of College and University Business Officers (WACUBO) annual conference — "Rising to the Challenge!"…

Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) gave a keynote lecture on April 6, 2023, "Critical Praxis in Mathematics Education Inside and Outside the Classroom," for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's School of Education Equity and Social Justice Speaker Series. 

Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Occupational Health) and colleagues published an article on "Metal contents and size distributions of brake and tire wear particles dispersed in the near-road environment" in the journal Science of The Total Environment. This study monitored air quality at near-road environments, focusing on…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the official blog of UNLV's ombuds office. This week's column describes how unmet expectations cause many conflicts, and even suggests four ways to ameliorate tensions sparked by unmet (and often unvoiced) expectations.  For more information about the ombuds office…

Salman Mohammed, Kavita Batra, Ariyon Schreiber, Justin Bauzon, and Ahsan Chowdhury (all Medicine) presented a poster, "Predictors of Intubation In COVID-19 Patients Treated With Remdesivir: A Single Institution Retrospective Study," at the American College of Physicians (ACP) National Abstract Competition. Mohammed is a medical student with the…

Jessica Immonen (Dental) Ph.D., M.S., along with Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics resident Jeremy James D.M.D. published a paper titled, "Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthritis Exacerbates with Restored Teeth: A Cadaveric Case Report," with the assistance of second year dental students Ceanna Robinson-Wiley, Megan Melocoton, Philip…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) received a grant of $449, 611 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s “National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities among Populations at High-Risk and Underserved” administered through the Nevada State Health and Human Services Department. He is the…

Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) recently published with colleagues in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Discordance in chromosomal and self-reported sex in the UK Biobank: Implications for transgender- and intersex-inclusive data collection. We found about 200 individuals in UKBiobank with sex discordance…

Christopher Cain (Hospitality) was a panel presenter at the 3rd Annual UNLV Sports Innovation Research Summit held on April 12 at UFC Apex, Las Vegas. His presentation focused on how to create an environment where innovation flourishes through invitation, inspiration, and perspiration. In addition, Cain's team from the Harrah College of…