The ghosts and ghouls of spooky season had their time in the moonlight, but have once more been laid to rest. That howling in the distance is not a werewolf, but a gobble – signifying the incoming holiday season. And there are no tricks in this month’s Newsmakers; only treats full of knowledge.
October's stories range in size from the microbial to the expanse of the Grand Canyon. Is UNLV equipped to one day handle 40,000 students? Is there geographic evidence left behind to help us predict our weather cycles? And how did the stereotypical image of a witch come to be?
Read on, if you dare…
'Cause I'm Coming Home Again
Homecoming Week is one of the most exciting times to be on our campus, and 2023 upped the ante. In addition to the athletics, festival, and community engagement, KNPR featured a week’s worth of live interviews with some of our top leadership. Its “State of Nevada” program broadcasted live from the lobby of the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, with a different theme featured each day of the week, including , , , and .
Investing in Nevada’s Future
The Las Vegas Raiders donated $1 million to UNLV Athletics in a show of support for the football program. This partnership and gift was covered by the , (), , , and ().
covered the launch of ’s new Kerestesi Center for Insurance and Risk Management. The Lee Business School entity will advance faculty and student research, support professional development, and help meet intense workforce demand for an industry that projects half its current professionals to retire in the next 15 years.
The reported on the Boyd School of Law’s creation of a new poverty law clinic amid the ‘overwhelming need’ for legal aid.
’s College of Engineering received grants from Google, the National Security Agency, and Small Business Administration to expand free cybersecurity assistance to small businesses amid high-profile hacks: and
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine launched a campaign to recruit 100 doctors to Nevada:
Grand Discovery
Will the monsoon season intensify as the climate warms? A crew of scientists led by paleoclimatologist Matthew Lachniet searched for the answer in the Grand Canyon. They analyzed the water record stored in a stalagmite within a cave, tracing water records back to the last ice age. The findings suggest continued warming could bring more rain, but only time will tell.
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Science
New research from the lab of microbiologist Helen Wing is turning the page in our understanding of harmful bacteria and how they turn on certain genes, causing disease in our bodies. Her research was featured in and .
Infectious disease expert Brian Labus told how much hand sanitizer we need to keep ourselves as germ-free as possible. He also answered questions about a parasite called ‘rat lungworm’ with .
Culture
Katherine Walker is a specialist in the history of magic, as well as 16th and 17th-century culture, and helped figure out why witches have such unique wardrobes.
interviewed Tyler Parry, an expert in African American studies, about the use of attack dogs in prisons.
What’s the best age to learn a new language? Erin Hannon, a psychology professor who leads ’s Auditory Cognition and Development Lab, shared insight with readers.
Journalism professor Michael Easter talked about rucking, exercise with a weighted backpack, with the .
Aviation expert Dan Bubb listed the rules of engagement for flight etiquette in , and chatted about the importance of flight numbers with .
Couples and family therapist Katherine Hertlein discussed how challenging it can be to date as a parent with .
The , , , and all wanted a piece of the ‘Steffen Method’ for boarding an airplane more efficiently. Physicist and astronomer Jason Steffen walked them through his original process.
The talked about the popularization of the golf quarter-zip with fashion historian Deirdre Clemente.
invited history professor Michael Green onto the program to talk about Preserve Nevada and the 11 Most Endangered Places in Nevada.’ and also highlighted the historic preservation group’s list of Silver State treasures.
also interviewed journalism and media studies professor Linda Dam about her research into mukbangs, a social media phenomenon where viewers watch influencers consume food.
Is the Meyers-Briggs personality test still valid? Psychologist Stephen D. Benning chimed in as part of a piece.
Sociologist Barbara G. Brents spoke to about the EU Parliament’s debate over law’s surrounding commercial sex.
Economy
asked law professor Nancy Rapoport about the busy workload of judges, and the consequences a resignation can cause on the legal system.
Employment law professor Ann McGinley was featured in a article looking into corporations easing off of diversity in order to avoid lawsuits.
Labor law expert Ruben Garcia joined Gray’s , , and to discuss the impact of the Culinary Union strike on Las Vegas.
Gaming industry expert Alan Feldman appeared in both the and regarding the billion-dollar powerball jackpot.
The quoted hospitality specialists Cass Shum and Joseph Lema about how important convention spaces are for attracting major events.
![Political cartoon showing "The Times" building with speech bubbles that say "Scandal after scandal, All I can Say is Four more Years" followed by "Why is he so happy" and then "He's the cartoonist."](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2024-10/MS-01047%20Mike%20Smith%20Box%2038%20Folder%201.jpg?itok=6iVxnNMX "Political cartoon showing "The Times" building with speech bubbles that say "Scandal after scandal, All I can Say is Four more Years" followed by "Why is he so happy" and then "He's the cartoonist."")