Nicole Hudson (Online Education) was selected as program co-chair for Online Learning Consoritum's (OLC) Innovate 2022 national and virtual conference. UNLV has an institutional membership to OLC and utilizes the community to exchange best practices in online education nationally. Hudson, associate director of campus…

Ozgur Ozdemir (Hospitality) published an article "Quantifying the economic impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. hotel industry: Examination of hotel segments and operational structures" in Tourism Management Perspectives. The study has focused on the initial shocks of the Covid-19 on the U.S. hotel industry, and revealed the varying economic impact…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on the From the Ombuds blog about five email mistakes that can cause or intensify conflict. The post serves to highlight the outsized role that email can take in our communications, and the hidden pitfalls it can harbor.

Krystal Kittle (Public Health) had her paper on "Healthcare of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Middle-aged and Older Adults: The Role of Minority Stress, Sociodemographic Characteristics and Social Resources" selected for the CONNECT Research Program of the Northwestern Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health (ISGMH…

Jonathan Rhodes Lee has published an article in the latest issue of the international, refereed Journal of Musicology. Lee's contribution, "Texts, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll: Easy Rider and the Compilation Soundtrack," is the first musicological article to take the famous 1968 film as its primary focus. Lee draws on filmmaker…

Mark Buttner and Patricia Cruz (both Environmental & Occupational Health) received a 12-month, $1.25 million award through Nevada Health and Human Services to conduct molecular microbiological environmental monitoring and research.

Doris Morgan Rueda (History) was selected as recipient of the American Dissertation Fellowship 2021-2022 from the American Association of University Women. This fellowship will support the final writing year of her dissertation, "Saving the Bad Kids, Caging Los Chicos Malos: Juvenile Justice and Racialized Surveillance on the U.S.–Mexico…

Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine) published "Survey of American College of Surgeons Members on Firearm Injury Prevention" in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.  This publication represents the largest survey of an American medical organization related to firearm injury prevention to date.  She also co-authored an article "…

Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration & Policy) earned a $7,500 Troesh Scholar award for her proposal on "Does Patient Engagement through Health IT affect Patient Safety?" Upadhyay's proposal explores if patient engagement IT functionalities and electronic health records can affect patient safety outcomes.