Kendra McGlothen (Neuroscience) represented UNLV at the 2021 Western Association of Graduate Schools Regional 3-Minute Thesis Competition earlier this month. McGlothen's topic was "Astrocytes Affect on Cortical Circuitry and Motor Behavior." She won honorable mention during the competition, which included 15 institutions. In…

Anjala Krishen (Marketing and International Business) and Brian Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) were interviewed by KNPR's State of Nevada this week. They participated as panel experts in the episode "Vaccinated, Now What?" Labus provided advice on COVID prevention measures as the proportion of vaccinated Nevadans increases. Krishen…

Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) published an editorial, "Teachers’ Unions: Scapegoats or Bad-faith Actors in COVID-19 School Reopening Decisions?" for the Brookings Institute Brown Center on Education Education Policy "Chalkbeat" blog. The editorial overviews his recent research on teachers' unions and school…

Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), Du Feng (Nursing), Dr. Petar Planinic, Dr. James Alexander (both Medicine), and Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored “Dietary Blueberry and Soluble Fiber Supplementation Reduces Risk of Gestational Diabetes in Women with Obesity in a Randomized Controlled Trial,” which appeared in the Journal of…

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently published a commentary on the CDC Gaming Reports platform detailing the significance of the 61st anniversary of the Moulin Rouge Agreement, the March 26, 1960, pact that symbolized the end of sanctioned segregation in Las Vegas casinos.

Sarah York (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has accepted a 2021 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. York's research is in chemistry education. Her dissertation research will focus on the use of systems thinking approaches to improve chemistry teaching and learning. Her advisor, MaryKay Orgill, found the…

Ashley Hairston Doughty (Art) is one of 12 design educators included in the soon-to-be released book Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators by Kelly Walters. The book collects deep personal interviews with graphic design educators of color who teach at colleges and universities across the United States and Canada.  The book centers the…

Ruben J. Garcia (Law) will moderate a panel from 4 to 5:30 p.m. April 1 titled "Labor Roots, Labor Leaders: Hispanic and Latinx Workers Show Their Strength" with Latino/a labor leaders from across the country representing the Texas AFL-CIO, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, UNITE HERE, and the Labor Council for Latin American…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a keynote presentation for the "1er. Encuentro Nacional Virtual de Investigación Educativa" (First National, Virtual Meeting on Educational Research) organized by the Escuela Normal Sierra Hidalguense (Hidalgo, Mexico). Her presentation explored possible new paths for creating philosophical "…