A short film produced by May May Luong (Film), "Orange Vests and Cigarettes" has received an "Official Selection" from the Twin Cities Film Fest and will screen on October 23 in Minnesota.
Nevada Secretary of State Francisco V. Aguilar reappointed Tammi Tiger (Hospitality) to the Advisory Committee on Participatory Democracy. ACPD makes recommendations concerning programs, activities, and events that promote citizen participation in governance, and may support project by national, state, and local entities that encourage and advance…
Tammi Tiger (Hospitality), Choctaw, was part of a collective that presented "Beyond Land Acknowledgement to Action: Relationship Building with Nevada's Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities" at the Southern Nevada Diversity Summit. Other presenters included Director of Nevada Department of Native American Affairs and Northern Paiute…
Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing) was a panelist at the SPARK-UNLV Annual Series designed to introduce the faculty of UNLV, industry, and community partners to research and economic development opportunities. Reyes shared information on the research resources and opportunities available at the School of Nursing.
Marta Soligo (Economic Development), director of tourism research, and Tammi Tiger (Hospitality), director of San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Tribal Education Initiative) presented: Building Destinations: Tribal Tourism & Economic Development on a panel together at the Tribal Leadership & Management Conference 2024.
Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez (Journalism and Media Studies) presented a co-authored paper entitled "Collective Memory-Making of the January Insurrections in Brazil and the United States on YouTube" at the 10th conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics held at the University of Edinburgh. His co-authors were Raiana de Carvalho from…
Dr. Jaineet Chhabra (Medicine) was featured on WOAY-TV, a television station in West Virginia, for presenting a sports medicine career day talk to high school students after presenting a $2,000 grant to the Woodrow Wilson High School tennis team.
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a paper titled, “The advent of the fourth-generation multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change in health promotion research” at the World Summit on Public Health and Health Sciences held in Bern, Switzerland held between October 14 -16. The presentation was about the…
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.