Kaitlin Hock and Allison McNickle (both Medicine) presented a podium titled, "Bladder Injury Management at a Level 1 Trauma Center: Do We Follow Established Guidelines," at the 2024 American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference held in Denver, Colorado. Hock is a third-year medical student.
Safiyya Bintali (English; Teaching and Learning) was awarded the 60th Nevada Centennial Medallion by the Las Vegas Rotary Club. Bintali is a 2024 graduate with B.S. in Secondary Education & B.A. in English. Since 1964, the Centennial Medallion is awarded once a year to a graduating senior based on a set of criteria including community…
Melissa Barber (Military & Veteran Services Center) has been awarded the prestigious WAVES Bill Pearson Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024. Barber is MVSC associate director of certifying. She was recognized for her nine years of establishing certifying services and programs to support more than 9,000 veterans, active duty service…
Presentation: Paul Lewis, Allison McNickle, Sabrina Ho, Logan Lee
Paul Lewis, Allison McNickle, Sabrina Ho, and Logan Lee (all Medicine) delivered the podium presentation "Institution of a multidisciplinary rounds living document increases stakeholder buy-in for multidisciplinary ICU care" at the 2024 American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference held in Denver, Colorado. Lewis is an acute care…
Published: Alexa Dorricott, Abigail Dickinson, Kavita Batra, and Allison McNickle
Alexa Dorricott, with Abigail Dickinson, Kavita Batra and Allison McNickle (all Medicine), published the article "Trauma Laparoscopy: Time Efficient, Cost Effective, and Safe" in the Journal of Surgical Research.
John M. Bowers (English) presented his paper "The Myth of the Poor, Homeless Chaucer" at the Biennial Congress of the New Chaucer Society in Pasadena on July 18, 2024.
Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute) presented his research on AI ethics in the gambling sector at the National Conference on Gambling Addiction and Responsible Gambling on July 18, 2024, in San Diego, California.
At the 2024 LWI Biennial Conference, professor Mary Beth Beazley (Law) led as the keynote of the Bench & Bar Program, at which she interviewed her law school classmate Judge Marianne L. Vorhees in a fireside chat at the historic Madam CJ Walker Theatre in downtown Indianapolis.
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) published an article, "A Collapsing Academy: Internal and External Threat Vectors Facing Higher Education," in IEEE Computer. In this article Berghel discusses a few of today's most pressing internal and external threats to higher education including plagiarism, research misconduct, questionable authorship…
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.