Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) published a paper "On the Role of Knowers and Corresponding Epistemic Role Oughts" in Synthese.
Ozgur Ozdemir and Nasim Binesh (both Hospitality) are the authors of a recently published paper online in the Journal of Tourism Economics. This study examines the effect of board diversity on risk-taking for tourism firms and analyzes the moderating effect of board…
Dr. Antonina Capurro (Dental) was quoted by the New York Times Magazine in an article that highlights the effects of the pandemic on oral health and creative solutions. She discussed the swift, innovative actions Nevada took to ensure oral health services were delivered to vulnerable citizens…
Debra L. Martin (Anthropology) was awarded NSF support ($300,611) for three years to preserve and conserve a historic mission church and cemetery in Belen, New Mexico (circa 1850). The project, "Biological Impacts of Colonial Practices: Bioarchaeological Reconstruction of Health and Demography"…
Gabriela Buccini (Environmental & Occupational Health), Katherine Marcal (Social Work), and Krystyna A. Stave (Public Policy and Leadership) recently received a R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of…
A number of undergraduate students were recognized during the office of undergraduate research (OUR) spring 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium. They include:
Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio (Public Policy and Leadership), who was awarded Best Podium Presentation Award in Arts, Humanities…
Michelle Tusan (History) published “Empire and International Relations” in A Cultural History of Democracy, vol. 5, (London: Bloomsbury, 2021) edited by Eugenio Biagini.
Shaoan Zhang, Mark Carroll, Chengcheng Li (all Teaching and Learning), and Emily Lin (Graduate College) wrote "Supporting Part-time Students in Doctoral Programs: A Technology-based Situated Learning Model," which was published in Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education.
Shaoan…
Halle Burns (Libraries) recently published the tutorial, "Crowdsourced-Data Normalization with Python and Pandas," in Programming Historian, an online, international digital humanities and digital history methodology journal. This lesson describes crowdsourcing as a form of data creation as…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) recently published an article, "Knowledge, Protective Behaviors and Risk Perception of COVID-19 among Dental Students in India: A Cross-Sectional Analysis," in the Healthcare journal. This study was conducted in collaboration with multiple investigators from …
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV was recognized for its outstanding contributions and significant progress in highway safety research. Funded by grants from the Nevada office of traffic safety, principal investigator Dr. Deborah Kuhls, project director Laura Gryder (both Medicine), and…
Nathalie Martinez (Anthropology and World Languages and Cultures) has been awarded first place for the XLVI Lambda Alpha National Senior Scholarship Award. The undergraduate scholarship of $5,000 is awarded annually to the top applicant and selected by the National Executive…