A reception honoring academic and administrative faculty who have achieved significant service milestones was held on Monday, Dec. 2, in the Lied Library Goldfield Room. More than 100 honorees and guests attended the reception, which included brief remarks by President Keith Whitfield and a trip down memory lane from Provost Chris Heavey of…

Chenghui Zhang (Sociology) published an article titled, "Constructing Hate Crimes: Does Respondent's Racial/Ethnic Identity Matter?," in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. This article explores whether and how respondent's racial/ethnic identity affects hate crime perception, considering the races/ethnicities of the offender and the victim.…

Melissa Corral, deputy managing attorney at the UNLV Immigration Clinic's Community Advocacy Office, and professor Michael Kagan (Law) published an article in El Heraldo de Mexico about President-elect Trump's plans for mass deportation. 

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) received a grant from the American Philosophical Association's Berry Fund for Public Philosophy to support Philosophy for Children outreach at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Timothy Erwin (English) recently officiated at the 39th annual dinner of the Samuel Johnson Society of the West at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, where he introduced professor Greg Clingham, who spoke on the topic of "Johnson and the Dream of Sleep."

Austin Galbraith and Neamat Hassan (all Dental) recently published their research titled, "Evaluation of the Effects of Thermal Aging on the Surface Roughness of Novel Tooth-Colored Restorative Materials," in the Dentistry Journal. The results of this research were presented at the 29th Hinman Student Research Symposium in Memphis,…

Sharmistha Roy and Manoj Sharma (both Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper virtually titled, “Mindfulness interventions for management of healthcare professional burnout: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials,” with Ashish Biswas at the 1st International Şirvanşahlar Scientific Research and Innovation Congress, in…

Cass Shum (Hospitality) recently published her paper "Charging during the stay: the effects of EV chargers’ availability and pricing on consumer perceived utilitarian value and behavioral intentions" in the Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, with coauthors Alumna Wanjia Han from Purdue University Fort Wayne and Guoguang Wan…

Roberto Lovato (English) was interviewed on the popular Bitchuation Room podcast, where he talked about, among other things, the unfolding crisis of political legitimacy, countering fascism, and finding personal and political hope and footing in extremely difficult, post-electoral times.