Dieu-My Tran (Nursing), and Chad L. Cross (Environmental and Occupational Health), along with Iris Martinez, '21 BS Nursing, and Dr. Yumei Feng Earley, contributed to the article "MOBILE Intervention Pilot Study in College Students With Elevated Blood Pressure" recently published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. The study explored…

Danica G. Hays (Education) co-authored the fourth edition of the Responsible Test Users of Standardized Tests (RUST) guidelines for the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling. The guidelines were recently published in the Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development journal.

Sarah Jones (Libraries) is the recipient of the Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists Mentor Award. The CIMA Mentor Award recognizes members who both strive to cultivate career development in the archival community and who help the next generation to build archival knowledge and expertise in connection with the CIMA Mentorship Program. CIMA…

Tim Grigsby (Social & Behavioral Health) along with students and collaborators from other institutions had their work presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine 43rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions in Baltimore, MD. The presentations included "Do adverse childhood experiences increase the likelihood of experiencing alcohol…

  Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing), Tirth Bhatta (Sociology), and Sfurti Rathi (Public Health) have published an article, "Coping with Uncertainty: Use of Contemplative Practices amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States" in the Holistic Nursing Practice Journal.  They used their nationwide Web based survey to examine the change in…

Heather Frigiola (Anthropology), a doctoral student who studies with professor Ivan Sandoval-Cervantes, has published a paper, "Canine Ministries: Co-Instrumentality of Human and Dog in a Christian Ontology," in the AAA journal Anthropology and Humanism. She is a Ph.D. student.

Jacob White (Anthropology PhD candidate) was awarded the UNLV Foundation Board of Trustees Fellowship. This fellowship is given for two years and includes stipends and benefits totaling $30,000 per year.  It is among the most prestigious offered by the UNLV. White's faculty advisor is professor Daniel Benyshek.

Michael Green (History) received the Superior Achievement Award from the Illinois State Historical Society for his book, Lincoln and Native Americans, published by Southern Illinois University Press.

Master's student Melikabella Shenouda (Higher Education) and undergraduate students Angelica Shenouda (Gender and Sexuality Studies ), Jacina Stone-Alapai (Information Systems), and Coby Carner (Marketing) recently presented during the inaugural President's Innovation Challenge to UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield; Jason Gastwirth of Caesars…