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Division of Integrated Marketing & Branding News

The Division of Integrated Marketing & Branding promotes and strengthens UNLV's image and reputation by developing and implementing strategic communications plans. The division also builds mutually beneficial relationships with constituents.

Current Integrated Marketing & Branding News

collage of images of BMI lecturers and guests over the years
Arts and Culture |

Images that represent BMI’s 20-year history are on display through May 2026.

Sam Fugazzotto dressed in blue graduation regalia
People |

With a keen eye for detail, registrar Sam Fugazzotto steps seamlessly into any role to ensure Commencement runs smoothly.

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Campus News |

UNLV’s Take Your Child to Work Day gives kids a chance to see what their parents do while exploring a fun range of educational and career-related activities.

Sabrina Cozine displays daughter's painting of a cake
People |

This marketing manager and music enthusiast is hitting all the right notes to take UNLV branding to the next level.

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People |

The second place winner of the 2023 Classified Employee of the Year is an integral part of the marketing division, a champion of the UNLV brand, and a big hockey fan.

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Research |

Working in the field of immunotherapy, Amani Makkouk’s career was set in motion by her time as a master’s student in the School of Integrated Health Sciences.

Recent Integrated Marketing & Branding Accomplishments

Graduate student Cyanea Davies has published her thesis: Lower extremity muscle activity during walking with blood flow restriction and body weight support. The publication appears in the latest issue of Biomechanics 2025, 5, 72 and includes co-authors Alina Swafford (Sports Innovation Institute), Keoni Kins (Physical Therapy…
Kara Radzak (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) provided an oral presented on "Cadets’ perspectives on cultural and programmatic changes to facilitate musculoskeletal injury help-seeking and reduce injury concealment in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps" at the 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium. Co-authors included Joshua…
The Web and Digital Strategy team won a Gold Award for Microsites for the UNLV Strong website in the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education's 2024 Circle of Excellence Competition. The judges noted, "This entry is an outstanding example of how to use digital tools in a crisis. The team acted quickly, built a clean and accessible…
The Division of Integrated Marketing & Branding won a Bronze Award in Change Management for its Rebel Recovery crisis communications efforts in the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education's 2024 Circle of Excellence Competition. One judge noted, "May none of our institutions need this toolkit. And may all of us be comforted…
A collection of stories by Francis McCabe and Beth DeBouck (both Integrated Marketing & Branding), Afsha Bawany (Urban Affairs), and Natalie Bruzda (Engineering) won a Gold Award in News/Feature Writing in the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education's 2024 Circle of Excellence Competition. The collection related to…
Students and faculty from the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences published "Validation of Aerobic Capacity (VO2max) and Pulse Oximetry in Wearable Technology." Authors were Bryson Carrier (IHS), Sofia Marten Chaves (undergraduate) and James W. Navalta (faculty).