Ken Czerwinski (Chemistry) has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in the chemistry section. Election as an AAAS fellow is bestowed upon association members by their peers. He was elected because of his distinguished contributions to actinide and fission product chemistry and for building a world-…

Brenda Buck (Geoscience) and her research were the subject of an article, "Health Implications of Dust," which was the cover story for the December issue of CSA News. The publication is the official magazine for members of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

Satish Bhatnagar (Math) is the author of the book My Hindu Faith and Periscope, which was published recently by Trafford Publishing. He also is the author of Epsilons and Deltas of Life: Everyday Stories, Vectors in History: Main Foci; India and USA, and Scattered Matherticles, Mathematical Reflections.

Rimi Marwah (Academic Success Center) and Megan Bavaro (Academic Success Center) presented a proposal, "Tutor Training: 101," which explored how professional staff can train tutors to facilitate effective study groups, use good time management skills, and integrate Bloom's Taxonomy into the tutoring process. The presentation was made at this year'…

P. Jane Hafen (English) edited a collection of scholarly essays, Critical Insights: Louise Erdrich. Among the contributors are Patrice Hollrah (Writing Center), Margaret Huettl (History), and William Huggins (English). Erdrich just won the National Book Award for her novel The Round House.

Janelle Droessler (Harry Reid Center) presented a poster, "The Direct Dissolution and Electrochemical Study of Uranium Oxide in Ionic Liquids," at a meeting of the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium at the University of California, Berkeley, in August. UNLV is a member of the consortium. She works on the research with John Kinyanjui (Harry…

Thomas Hartmann (Harry Reid Center) received an award from Los Alamos National Laboratory for the project Synthesis and Fabrication of Advanced Tc-99 Containing Ceramic Waste Form Pellets. The project budget target is $75,000. Another project, "Lanthanide Transport and Solubility Measurements" was continued through an additional $17,958 from the…

Daniel Lowe (Harry Reid Center) and Robert O'Brien (Harry Reid Center) received $48,000 from National Security Technologies for Task 45, the Support Forensic Prompt Program.

Charlotta Sanders (Harry Reid Center) and Denis Beller (Harry Reid Center) presented "Educating the Cybersecurity Nuclear Engineering Workforce" at the Cybersecurity Collaborations Symposium with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, National Security Technologies, and Mississippi State University in September.