Samuel Lee (Hospitality) was recognized with the Best Presentation award for his virtual presentation of the research study "Utilizing the Free Association Method and Netnography to Expose Hotel Guests' Technostress" along with his co-authors, Mehmet Erdem, Billy Bai, Chih-Chien Chen (all Hospitality), Eda Anlamlier (Lee Business) and…

Joe Lema (Hospitality) and his co-authors recently were awarded Journal Article of the Year 2021 in the top journal, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. The article was  "Classification of Senior Tourists According to Personality Traits." Board members of the Asia Pacific Tourism Association presented the award at their 2022 conference…

Asma Awan (Social & Behavioral Health) has been selected as a Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Leaders in Equity & Diversity (LEAD) Fellow.  The LEAD Fellowship creates a pathway to increase diversity in health education leadership among SOPHE's membership. Fellows will learn best practices in leadership…

Jinyoung Kim (Nursing) received the COBRE Pilot Project Award by NIH National Institute of General Medical Service for her study, "Tolerance to Shift Work and Its Potential Impact on Cognitive Function." This P20 mentored award through UNLV is intended to support basic and translational pilot projects in genomics and personalized medicine that…

Maria Aladjova (Health Sciences), Elizabeth Johnson, Sheetal Survase (both Academic Success Center), Kevin McVay (College of Sciences), Janelle Yasukochi (Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education), John Starkey, Stephen Sumnner, Tashauna Stewart, Jason Kantrowitz, and Beth Gersten (all Lee Business) all are part of the UNLV…

UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield was named to the board of directors for the Coalition of Urban-Serving Universities (USU). President Whitfield began a three-year term on the board July 1.  USU is a president-led organization committed to enhancing urban university engagement and tackling key urban challenges in our nation’s cities. With a…

Graduate student Nikki Bennett (Anthropology), in collaboration with UNLV alumna Shelly Volsche (now professor at Boise State University), co-organized the annual International Society of Anthrozoology conference that was hosted by Boise State University on July 6-9. In addition to being the co-host, she presented her own PhD research, "…

David G. Costa (Mathematical Sciences) and Paul Schulte (Life Sciences) have signed a contract regarding the publication of a book titled "An Invitation to Mathematical Biology" that is planned to appear in "Springer Nature".

Lisa M. Johnson (Anthropology), along with Rosemary A. Joyce, edited Materializing Ritual Practices, which is being released through the University of Colorado Press