David G. Schwartz (Ombuds Office) recently gave a virtual presentation to the Rotary Club of Waikiki called "Las Vegas History: The World's Casino Capital--and the Ninth Island." The talk recapped the history of Las Vegas, with an emphasis on the city's connections to Hawaii.

Sarah Jones, Tammi Kim, and Emily Lapworth (Libraries) co-presented "Beyond the Las Vegas Strip: Assessing Archival Diversity at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas" at the 2021 Society of American Archivists Research Forum.

Michelle Tusan (History) will give a public presentation at noon July 25 on the legacy of Lawrence of Arabia, sponsored by the National World War I Museum and Memorial. 

Howard R. D. Gordon (Teaching and Learning) co-authored "An Exploratory Study to Develop a Career Technical Education Leadership Self-Efficacy Scale," which appeared in The CTE Journal. His co-authors were Michelle Conrad of the University of Central Missouri, Kemaly Parr of Murray State University, Larae Watkins of University of Cental…

Brookings Mountain West recently published two policy briefs authored by colleagues from the Brookings Institution. The first, titled "Improving K-12 Education for Hispanic Students in Las Vegas and Beyond" explores the racial and ethnic achievement gaps, including teacher diversity, for Hispanic students within the Clark County School…

Timothy J. Grigsby (Environmental & Occupational Health) co-published an article on "The Impact of Childhood Trauma on Substance Use Trajectories in a Longitudinal Hispanic Cohort from Adolescence through Emerging Adulthood" in the journal Child Abuse and Neglect. This study examined the role of adverse childhood experiences in…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) is giving an invited talk (Latest Developments for Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder for ICD-11) at the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation 2021 Online Global Summit on July 22. 

Marina Colacicchi (Garber) (World Languages and Cultures) gave an interview and read a poetry selection from the upcoming book No Man's Land on radio channel Echo Culture (Moscow, Russia). The program was hosted by Natella Boltyanskaya. 

Allyson Hindle (Life Sciences) recently received a National Science Foundation Polar Programs grant, titled "Role of Endothelial Cell Activation in Hypoxia Tolerance of an Elite Diver, the Weddell Seal." In collaboration with Jose Pablo Vazquez-Medina from the Universit of California, Berkeley, the project will evaluate the…