Satish Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) was recommended for the Fulbright Specialist Roster. The roster is a list of all candidates who are eligible to be matched with incoming project requests from overseas academic institutions for Fulbright Specialists. As a roster candidate, he will be considered for project requests that require his…

Dave Belt and Jeff Peters (both College of Sciences Advising Center) presented at the annual NACADA (National Academic Advising Association) Region 9 conference held at the University of California, Berkeley. Their presentation was titled, "Helping Students on Academic Probation: Do 'Academic Success Plans' Matter?" As the premier academic…

Dennis Bazylinski (Life Sciences) had 20 scientific publications accepted, including 17 scientific papers and three book chapters, in 2013. He worked with a number of collaborators on the writings, including colleagues across the nation and around the world. While serving his fourth term as a chair of the school he was able to maintain an active…

Dennis Bazylinski (Life Sciences ) and Mark Buttner (Community Health Sciences) received a 14-month, $106,098 award from the Clark County School District to establish an airborne pollen monitoring program in Las Vegas.

Eunja Kim (Physics) and Ken Czerwinski (Chemistry) collaborated with Philippe Weck of Sandia National Laboratories on a research project that was selected as the Nov. 21, 2013, cover of the prestigious journal Dalton Transactions, which is the international journal for inorganic, organometallic, and bioinorganic chemistry. The article is "…

Pradip Bhowmik (Chemistry) has been named a 2014 POLY Fellow. The award recognizes Fellows of the American Chemical Society's (ACS) Division of Polymer Chemistry for their achievement and contribution to polymer science. Only an equivalent of .1 percent of the membership can be selected from submitted nomination applications. He will be honored…

Lawrence Walker (Life Sciences), along with colleague and former student Aaron Shiels, '02 MS Ecology, won the 2013 Society of Biology Award for best postgraduate textbook for their recent book, Landslide Ecology (Cambridge University Press).

Jichun Li and Hongtao Yang (both Math) published an edited book, Recent Advances in Scientific Computing and Applications (American Mathematic Society). Serving as editor along with Li and Yang was Eric Machorro of National Security Technologies. In addition, Li, along with Yunqing Huang, published a monograph, "Time-Domain Finite Element Methods…

P.G. Schrader (Teaching & Learning) and MaryKay Orgill (Chemistry) were awarded $749,700 from the National Science Foundation for their grant proposal titled Cyber-Learning Activities to Scaffold STEM Practices (CLASSP). The grant will look at how innovative, cyber-enabled instructional methods can transform STEM education and increase…

Rebecca Springs (Chemistry) received the 2013 Coryell Award from the American Chemical Society's Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology for her research in nuclear safeguards. The award, named for American chemist Charles Dubois Coryell, recognizes undergraduate students who complete original research in nuclear chemistry, radiochemistry, or…

George Rhee (Physics and Astronomy) is the author of Cosmic Dawn: The Search for the First Stars and Galaxies (Springer 2013). The visible universe consists of stars and galaxies. One of the challenges of astronomy is to understand how galaxies and stars first came into existence more than 13 billion years ago. This book tells the story of our…

Penny Amy and Diane Yost (both Life Sciences) had their work featured in the May issue of Microbe Magazine, the official newsletter of the American Microbiology Society. The article, "Pitting Microbes Against One Another," talks about how investigators are testing whether other microbes can help hold pathogens in check to quell infectious disease…