Kathryn Houk (Libraries) was selected as a 2019-20 Rising Star by the Medical Library Association. The Rising Star program is a year-long development initiative that matches participants with a mentor and gives them the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge, and personal characteristics needed to become a leader in…

Mellanye Lackey (Libraries) recently was elected to the Medical Library Association Nominating Committee. This committee creates a slate of nominees for MLA president-elect and board of director positions each year. She will assume office at the MLA 2019 conference in Chicago this June. She works in the Health Sciences Library.

Su Kim Chung (Libraries) has been selected to attend the Rare Book School course "The Printed Book in the West to 1800," this June in Charlottesville, Virginia. The school is an independent institute supporting the study of the history of books and printing. 

Tammi Kim (Libraries) recently was accepted into the Archives Leadership Institute program for 2019. She was selected for this highly competitive opportunity based on her responses to questions relating to leadership and vision, ability to influence change in the archives profession, support for diversity, and commitment to professional…

Claytee White (Libraries) and Kevin Wright (Student Diversity and Social Justice) served as panelists at The Hate U Give movie screening, the last event for Black History Month. They both spoke about racial tension, civil rights issues, and current and historical struggles for racial justice.

Emily Lapworth, Sarah Jones, and Marina Georgieva (all Libraries) were published in the Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies. The article, "Microfilm, Manuscripts, and Photographs: A Case Study Comparing Three Large-Scale Digitization Projects," is a case study comparing three large-scale digitization project undertake by the University…

Claytee White (Libraries) received special recognition by having an award named in her honor at the first Inaugural Black Carpet, the main event for Black History Month. This event was hosted by Student Diversity and Social Justice to celebrate Black Excellence, Black Love, and Black Joy. The Claytee White Community Advocate Award …

University Libraries recently received a $5,000 donation from Culinary Workers Union Local 226 for its Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada project. Latinx Voices is an oral history project focused on collecting the history of the region's Latinx populations. Members of the Culinary Union also have donated their oral histories to the project. 

Kevin Wright (Student Diversity and Social Justice), Beth Gersten (Lee Business School), Emily Shreve (Academic Success Center), Rosan Mitola (Libraries), and Ross Bryant (Military and Veterans Services) presented at the 28th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience.  The topic was "The Color of Success: First-Year Experience…

Chelsea Heinbach, Brittany Paloma Fiedler, and Rosan Mitola (all Libraries) had an article, "Dismantling Deficit Thinking: A Strengths-based Inquiry into the Experiences of Transfer Students in and out of Academic Libraries," published by the open-access journal In the Library with the Lead Pipe. The article, which was co-authored by UNLV…

David G. Schwartz (Libraries) was a featured speaker on a panel called "Sports, Casinos, The Mob, and the Moolah," which was presented by the Clark County Library as part of its Mob Month program. Schwartz shared his perspectives on the histories of sports betting, organized crime, corruption, and technlogical change.

Special Collections & Archives (Libraries) has received a significant donation from Mark and Marianne Haley to support the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada project and to hire a graduate student to work on processing the menu collection.