Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) was interviewed for Episode 3: Intersections, of the podcast series Public Good. In this episode, Iván was interviewed by Tashina Lazcano, the creator and host of the podcast, on the cultural and social significance of street vendors in Las Vegas.
Stephen Caplan's (Music) two part article, "Ninety Percent Mental, the Other Half is Physical! Perspectives on Teaching Movement to Musicians" has been published in The Double Reed, Vol. 46, #2 and #3. The Double Reed is the journal of the International Double Reed Society. Caplan's article explains research about attentional focus cues by UNLV's…
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and Joshua Grubbs from the University of New Mexico recently published a paper, "Cryptocurrency and addictive behaviors in a census-matched U.S. Sample" in International Gambling Studies.
Jared Oestmand (Political Science) and Tim Passmore from the Virginia Military Institute recently published an article, "Reliable Contributors? Leadership Turnover, Regime Type, and Commitments to Peacekeeping," in Foreign Policy Analysis. Their study examines the links between domestic politics and countries' voluntary troop contributions to…
Joshua Thomas (Music-Voice), first-year Artist Diploma candidate, was a winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition - Utah District on Nov. 4, 2023. He will next compete at the Regional level in Denver, Colorado, in February 2024. This competition was established to identify early career opera singers and provide development funding and…
Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) presented "Developing an understanding of women sports bettors" at the 20th Annual Sport Marketing Association conference in Tampa, Florida. The study was the first to interview women who bet on sports and explore their consumer journey.
Asma Awan, Siddharth Raich, Miklo Alcala, Priyambda Kumra, Anita Chatterjee, Laurenica Bonsu, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), presented their work, "Explaining social challenges in process evaluation for the second year of COVID-19 public health efforts in Nevada," at the 2023 People's Public Health Conference held…
Gregory Moody (Business), the director of UNLV’s cybersecurity program, was interviewed by Fox 5 on the prevention of cyber attacks.
Last week we learned hackers gained access to tens of thousands of students’ personal information when they attacked the Clark County School District. That information is coming from hackers, so we still don’t know…
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.