Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) was elected to the board of directors of the Nevada Tobacco Control & Smoke-free Coalition. During her initial one-year term, Dr. Demopoulos will work to promote the coalition’s mission of improving the health of all Nevadans by advocating for the elimination of exposure to secondhand smoke and vape emissions…
Vanessa Vongkulluksn (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has been appointed as 1 of 5 editorial fellows for the Journal of Educational Psychology, the flagship journal of Division 15 Educational Psychology at the American Psychological Association (APA). In service of APA’s recent resolutions to address systemic…
A new study led by professor Ben Leffel (Public Policy and Leadership) has been selected for the inaugural Berkeley Haas Sustainable Business Research Prize as a finalist, which "recognizes research with the greatest potential to spur immediate change in the face of environmental crises". The study, by Leffel and University of Michigan coauthors…
Zaijing Sun, Krishnakumar Nangeelil, Haven Searcy (all Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) published an article titled, “Developing a Remote Gamma-ray Spectra Collection System by Coupling a High Purity Germanium (HPGe) Detector with a CosmicGuard Background Reduction Device,” in HARDWAREX.
The paper introduces the design…
Dean and Richard J. Morgan Professor of Law Leah Chan Grinvald (Law), presented on a video webinar titled, "Trademark Bullying: Cease and Desist and Litigation Tactics in the Battle for Brand Protection."
Won-Yong Oh (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) and Alex Chackel wrote a business case study published by Ivey Publishing, a leading publisher and distributor of business case studies globally. The title of the case is "Ghost Tree Invitational, Ltd.: Financial Challenges." It describes the financial challenges a non-profit organization…
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Compulsive sexual behavior disorder: The importance of research on women," in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
With a little guidance from his mother, the new director of Student Diversity Programs is ready to cheer on and empower UNLV's diverse student population.