Xan Goodman (Libraries) has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the McPhee Librarian of the Year Award. Goodman was nominated for her dedication, research-informed, and community-responsive approaches to librarianship that make the UNLV Libraries a respected and valuable part of our university community, the Las Vegas community, and the broader…
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental Medicine) presented two multi-institution collaborative sessions during the American Dental Education Association annual meeting last month. Her first presentation titled, "New Dental Specialties Are Possible: Oral Medicine, Orofacial Pain and Dental Anesthesiology," examined the results of a student and faculty survey…
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-published a paper titled, "Early-life exposure to a mixture of organophosphate esters and child behavior" in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. Organophosphate esters (OPEs), widely used as flame retardants and plasticizers for commercial and residential purposes, are…
Cindy Rivelli (Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement), senior associate vice president for development and principal gifts, was featured in Vegas Inc.'s "40 Under 40: The Best and Brightest of Las Vegas" award series.
To coincide with Problem Gambling Awareness Month (March), the Las Vegas Sun interviewed Alan Feldman (International Gaming Institute) for an article about problem gambling in Nevada.
Kathryn Houk (Libraries) was recently interviewed on the Network of the National Library of Medicine Discovery Podcast about how the UNLV School of Medicine Library, with support from Jen Culley in UNLV Libraries Acquisitions, utilized a Collection Equity Outreach Award to improve their Health Humanities Collection. The award allowed for…
Richard Miller (Music), Katrina Liu (Teaching and Learning), and Arnetha F. Ball (Stanford Graduate School of Education) have published an article in the journal Thresholds in Education, 46(1) titled, "Misunderstanding the Campaign Against CRT: Absurdity and White Supremacy in Attacks on Teaching and Teacher Education." Part of a special…
Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) authored a paper titled, "Effect of Transmission and Vaccination on Time to Dominance of Emerging Viral Strains: A Simulation-Based Studyb" in the Special Issue: Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Modelling of the journal Microorganisms.  The study uses a factorial treatment design in a…
UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hospitality was again ranked best in the nation and number two in the world for hospitality and leisure management by the 2023 QS World Universities ranking. UNLV was the only U.S. school ranked inside the category’s top 15. 

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