John M. Bowers (English) will have his book Tolkien's Lost Chaucer (Oxford University Press) featured as the subject of a session at the conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) to be held in Las Vegas in November.  PAMLA will host Bowers for a "creative conversation" during this session.  

Sfurti Rathi (Public Health), Neeraj Bhandari, Chris Cochran, and Jay Shen (all Healthcare Administration and Policy) recently published a paper, "Potential Disease Reduction and Health Care Cost Savings from A Hypothetical Comprehensive Smoke-Free Law in Nevada," on Nevada Journal of Public Health. The study was a collaboration with the…

Marla Royne Stafford (Hospitality) was honored at the annual American Academy of Advertising conference this month by being named an elected fellow of the academy. The designation of Fellow is for a lifetime of achievement in the advancement of advertising scholarship, education, and service to the discipline. Hence, it is the Academy's broadest…

Xue "Cher" Xing (Teaching and Learning) recently was selected as a Fellow in the 2021 Postsecondary Leadership Success Program at Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) – sponsored by ECMC Foundation. The goal of the program is to support current and aspiring leaders in career and technical education (CTE) and provide professional…

Kevin Wright (Student Diversity & Social Justice) had his dissertation published by ProQuest. It is titled "Cultivating a Culture of Philanthropy Among Alumnx of Color Who Graduated from Historically White Institutions."

David Kreamer (Geoscience) was invited by the president of the United Nations General Assembly to speak to the member states in open session at a high-level UN meeting on the "Implementation of the Water-Related Goals and Targets of the 2030 Agenda" earlier his month. Kreamer spoke on an interactive panel on water data, information, and…

Aldo M. Barrita (Psychology) received honorable mention for the Pre-Doctoral Ford Foundation Fellowship. From more than 2,200 applicants, only 75 get the fellowship and around 200 are included on the honorable mention list.

Katherine M. Howard, Namgu Kim, Melissa Trumbo, Patrick Perkins, Kevin Foote, Beanca Samiano, Matthew Marrujo and Karl Kingsley (all Dental) published the manuscript "Comparing the Incidence and Prevalence of Oral Microbial Pathogens Selenomonas noxia and Streptococcus mitis within the UNLV-SDM Clinical Patient Population" in the current…

Alfred Acquah (Teaching and Learning) published a peer-reviewed article on "Higher Education Finance Between Ghana and the United States" in the journal Current Issues of Comparative Education. The paper comparatively analyzes higher education funding sources in Ghana and the U.S., considering both countries' goals for higher…