Joshua Jensen (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently presented his thesis, "Delayed Lag Relationship Between Asthma Related In Patient Hospitalization and Air Pollution in the Las Vegas Valley," at the 2018 American Public Health Association annual meeting in San Diego under the supervision of Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and…

Vivek Sah (Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies) recently presented a seminar on current trends in the Nevada housing market to local real estate professionals at an event hosted by Pinnacle Lending Group and Chicago Title.

Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) and Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) co-authored “Serum Nutrient Levels and Aging Effects on Periodontitis,” which suggests that improving specific nutrient intake may provide a novel strategy to affect the significant increase in periodontitis that occurs with aging. The article appeared in the December…

Richard Zwiercan (Libraries) has received the Winberta Yoa Travel Award from the Mountain West Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). The travel awar, established in honor and recognition of Art Librarian Winberta Yao, is used to cover travel expenses for ARLIS/NA conference participation. Zweircan, who has…

Brittany Paloma Fiedler and Chelsea Heinbach (Libraries) received the 2018 Innovative Solutions Award from the UNLV University Libraries for a pilot program to expand Libraries services to English 102 students.

Erika G. Abad (Interdisciplinary, Gender and Ethnic Studies) was invited to write a brief on being an Aca-Fan at ClexaCon for Media Res.

Blanca E. Rincón (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) published "Does Latinx Representation Matter for Latinx Student Retention in STEM?" in the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education's (AAHE) Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. Using student-level data, this study explores the relationship between Latinx…

Anthony Jordan (’18 Ph.D. Political Science) and John P. Tuman (Political Science) published an article titled "Explaining Expulsions of U.S. Diplomatic Personnel from Latin America, 1991-2016," in Latin America Policy, volume 9, no. 2, 2018.

Eric Morrow (Housing & Residential Life) was recognized as "Professional Staff Member of The Month" in November 2018 by the National Association of College and University Residence Halls. After earning this honor at the regional level in October, Eric was selected for the national honor by a committee of student leaders from…