Jay Shen, Sungyoun Chun (both Community Health Sciences); Pearl Kim (Healthcare Administration), Seong-min Park (Criminal Justice), Haneul Choi (Honors), and Ji Won Yoo (Medicine) recently published an article, “Relationship Between Acute Hepatitis C and the Opioid Epidemic” in the American Journal…
Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration) presented a professional development workshop (PDW) session on the topic "Everything You Wanted to Know about Reviewing but Were Afraid to Ask" at the 78th Academy of Management annual conference in Chicago. This PDW discussed best practices in reviewing…
Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) has been named by Nevada Business magazine as Southern Nevada’s 2018 Healthcare Hero - Educator for her dedication to preparing the next generation of dental professionals. She teaches public health, tobacco cessation, health promotion, behavioral sciences, and…
Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) presented a paper titled "Los Tres Sentidos Incorpóreos en el Persiles" during the Tenth International Conference of the Asociación de Cervantistas, in Madrid, Spain. The conference was held at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Alyssa Crittenden (Anthropology), along with co-authors Coren Apicella (University of Pennsylvania) and Victoria Tobolsky (Harvard), received the 2018 Margo Wilson Award for the Best Paper of 2018 published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior.
Brittany Bronson (English) was featured this month on The Takeaway, National Public Radio's national news program, discussing economic justice and the value of service industry workers. In addition to teaching English at UNLV, she is an alum, having earned a master's degree in English in 2014.…
Brian Hedlund, Kelly Ai-Sun Tseng (both Life Sciences), Dharini Bhammar, Arpita Basu (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Sarah Harris (Electrical and Computer Engineering) participated in the annual statewide Nevada-INBRE (IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence) meeting at the…
Rachell Ekroos (Nursing) has been named a "healthcare hero" for 2018 by Nevada Business Magazine. Ekroos, who received the Humanitarian Healthcare Hero award, was one of 10 health professionals from Southern Nevada honored by the publication in categories ranging from educator, administrator, and…
Jenifer Utz (Life Sciences) and Matthew Bernacki, formerly of UNLV's department of educational psychology and higher education, published "Voluntary Web-Based Self-Assessment Quiz Use is Associated with Improved Exam Performance, Especially for Learners with Low Prior Knowledge" in HAPS Educator,…
Chelsea Heinbach, Cory Lampert, Cory Tucker, and Jason Vaughan (all Libraries) recently presented papers at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.
Heinbach's paper…
Rebecca Gill (Political Science, WRIN), along with Valerie Sulfaro of James Madison University, recently was honored by the Women's Caucus for Political Science (WCPS) with the 2018 Jane Mansbridge Award. This award is given on special occasions to extraordinary individuals who perform service…
Rachell A. Ekroos (Nursing) and colleagues from four universities published a policy brief in Nursing Outlook, the official journal of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN), titled “Policy Brief on the Nursing Response to Human Trafficking." Publication of a policy brief in Nursing Outlook is a…