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Released: 2-Nov-2020 4:20 PM EST
$1M Awarded to Companies Innovating Solutions toChallenges Facing Hospitality Industry in UNLV-hosted Competition
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

The Lee Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship recently awarded nearly $1 million to eight companies developing solutions that could help spur recovery in the hospitality industry amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Released: 22-Oct-2020 1:50 PM EDT
UNLV Physician: Why COVID-19 Makes Flu Shots More Important Than Ever
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

As the race for a COVID-19 vaccine intensifies, health care officials are reminding the public not to forget another important vaccine this fall: the flu shot. Flu season in the U.S. technically began in September, with illnesses expected to peak in December and February, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Less than half of Americans received a flu vaccine during the 2019-2020 flu season, and a staggering 405,000 hospitalizations and 22,000 deaths were attributed to influenza.

Released: 15-Oct-2020 7:05 PM EDT
Blue Metros, Red States: America’s Suburbs and the New Battleground in Presidential Politics
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

UNLV political experts on swing states, pushing beyond the old blue state-red state model, and a 2020 election where changing suburbs will influence outcomes.

Released: 14-Oct-2020 12:40 PM EDT
Divisive Dialogue: Why Do We Engage in Virtual Political Talk?
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

There’s a saying that true friendships stand the test of time. But does that apply to Facebook friendships that are tested by differing longtime political beliefs? As we approach a contentious Election Day 2020 that mirrors or perhaps even ups the ante on the divisiveness of the 2016 cycle, we turned to UNLV communication studies assistant professor Natalie Pennington.

Released: 12-Oct-2020 1:25 PM EDT
Civil or At War? Mail-In Voting and the 2020 Election
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Abraham Lincoln. The country’s 16th president is known for many things: Signing the Emancipation Proclamation. Appearing on the $5 bill. Helping to usher in the modern-day practice of mail-in voting. Not familiar with that last one? UNLV professor Michael Green to the rescue! He’s a historian who specializes in the Civil War era, which is right around the time mail-in ballots became a prominent piece of U.

Released: 9-Oct-2020 11:30 AM EDT
Third Party Candidates and the 2020 Election: UNLV Expert Available
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

For months, two names — presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden — have consistently dominated news headlines and social media feeds in the leadup to Election Day 2020. Some, however, might be left wondering, especially following the chaotic presidential debate just last week, if Trump and Biden are the only options out there.

Released: 1-Oct-2020 7:05 PM EDT
Expert Available: Supreme Court Nominations 101
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Lady Justice and Lady Liberty. Strong female symbols have long been used to represent the embodiment of American ideals and freedom. So, it almost seems fitting that two women — the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and President Donald Trump’s presumptive replacement nominee Amy Coney Barrett — are at the heart of tensions over a vacancy on the country’s highest court.

Released: 28-Sep-2020 11:20 AM EDT
Presidential Debates in a Highly Polarized America: UNLV Expert Available
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

The COVID-19 pandemic. Race relations. The Supreme Court. The economy. When President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden meet for the first of three presidential debates on Tuesday night, millions of viewers are expected to tune in. But will America really be listening? Given the country’s all-time high partisanship and the extremely tiny pool of voters who have yet to make up their minds five weeks out from the 2020 general election, analysts are putting in their bets on the influence of televised debates and the chances of actually swaying voters.

Released: 9-Sep-2020 2:50 PM EDT
Child Abuse and COVID-19
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Continued school closures and distance learning have drawn more than the ire of parents and teachers concerned about the impacts to education. Child advocates are worried about the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on youth stuck at home with their abusers. For months, researchers tracking data from across Nevada and the nation have been logging significant dips in child abuse reports — a phenomenon attributed to the lack of face time children are getting with teachers, who are trained to spot potential signs of maltreatment and required by law to report it to authorities.

Released: 3-Sep-2020 6:05 PM EDT
New Book Series Offers Oral History of Coronavirus Pandemic's Impact on Education
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Two-volume "Corona Chronicles" narratives recount how students, parents, administrators, and community members are navigating these uncertain times.

Released: 31-Aug-2020 6:10 PM EDT
COVID-19 and the Future of Education
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

The year 2020 hasn’t just been one for the history books: It’s made quite an impact on K-12 grade books as well. As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on into another school year, the school playground has instead become a battleground for adults — teachers, parents, school administrators, public health officials, lawmakers — rowing over the future of education: Should schools reopen? Is remote learning just as effective as in-person classes, and is the technology available to ensure equity for all students? For schools that open, is enough funding available to effectively protect teachers and students from COVID-19? For those that don’t, what about parents’ need to return to work despite the need for at-home teaching? For answers, we turned to Bradley Marianno, a UNLV College of Education professor and expert on teachers’ unions.

Released: 27-Aug-2020 5:05 PM EDT
Tips for Tackling Implicit Bias in Teaching and Learning
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Kendra Gage describes implicit bias as the stories we make up about people before we get to know them. It’s a practical and personal definition from an historian who studies what some consider an unlikely, even unpopular, topic for a white professor — the civil rights movement. Because of her chosen discipline, Gage, an assistant professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies in the UNLV College of Liberal Arts, said she’s received questions and double-takes from students and others who are surprised to find her at the helm of an African American Studies class.

Released: 24-Jul-2020 1:20 PM EDT
Study: Why U.S. Black Entrepreneurship Lags & How Banks Can Help Fix It
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

A steady stream of media reports detailing the deaths of unarmed Black Americans at the hands of police. False 911 calls aimed at bringing harm to African Americans engaged in innocuous, everyday activities. Street protests calling for an end to discrimination and police brutality.  As racial tensions swirled this summer, so did calls on social media for those who support the social justice movement for African American civil rights to amplify Black voices and support Black businesses.

Released: 22-Jul-2020 12:50 PM EDT
What Happens in Vegas, May Come From the Arctic?
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Climate records from a cave in the southern Great Basin show that Nevada was even hotter and drier in the past than it is today, and that one 4,000-year period in particular may represent a true, “worst-case” scenario for the Southwest and the Colorado River Basin — and the millions of people who rely on its water supply.

Released: 16-Jul-2020 4:05 PM EDT
New Advances Provide Hope for Alzheimer's Patients
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Dr. Jeffrey L. Cummings, UNLV research professor and a leading expert on Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials, led a five-year review of all Alzheimer’s drugs in the development pipeline. He says today there is more hope than ever that we'll one day solve Alzheimer’s. The paper, “Alzheimer's disease drug development pipeline: 2020,” was published this week in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions.

Released: 13-Jul-2020 3:40 PM EDT
Key Insights from Swedish Casino that Remained Open During COVID-19
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

As casinos in Las Vegas enter the second month of reopening since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, UNLV gaming researchers say they can draw upon insights from industry collaborators in Sweden, a country that took a more open approach to the crisis compared to other governments.

Released: 10-Jul-2020 11:40 AM EDT
Anti-Racism Books and Resources for Families and Children
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

A first step for families who want to be an ally in the fight to end racism is to diversify their at-home libraries with books that feature people of color and their stories. A UNLV librarian and pre-Kindergarten teacher share tips and resources on how to do so.

Released: 6-Jul-2020 11:55 AM EDT
Mission to Mars: @UNLV Scientist Gives Insider Glimpse at NASA's 2020 Rover Mission
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Silver, bug-eyed extraterrestrials zooming across the cosmos in bullet-speed spaceships. Green, oval-faced creatures hiding out in a secret fortress at Nevada’s Area 51 base. Cartoonish, throaty-voiced relatives of Marvin the Martian who don armor and Spartan-style helmets. We humans are fascinated with the possibility of life on the Red Planet.

Released: 30-Jun-2020 1:45 PM EDT
How Hospitality Industry Should Address Discrimination
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

After the worldwide protests that erupted over the killing of George Floyd, it is hard for me to imagine any person, company, or institution, continuing to discount the role that racism plays in our society. People all over are demanding an end to racial discrimination that is embedded in our social systems.  In hospitality, emerging research has shined light on the perception of discrimination among industry workers, but personally, it comes as no surprise to me.

Released: 16-Jun-2020 2:35 PM EDT
Domestic Abuse and COVID-19
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

As COVID-19 spread across the globe, ravaging a path of illness and death, public health and government officials championed shelter-in-place orders to provide a safe haven away from the virus.  But months later, preliminary data shows that the lockdown orders had the opposite effect on one particular demographic: Victims of intimate partner violence who were trapped at home with their abusers.

Released: 15-Jun-2020 10:55 AM EDT
New UNLV Center Advances Global Fight Against Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

The UNLV department of brain health has formally launched the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience, offering hope through scientific discovery for patients who are suffering from Alzheimer’s, dementia and other brain and neurological diseases. The Center is the latest in a series of milestones from the department of brain health and the School of Integrated Health Sciences to better understand how a healthy brain functions, to improve care and treatment of people with brain diseases, and to identify mechanisms of brain disorders.

Released: 3-Jun-2020 11:50 AM EDT
Break Out of Your Social Circle to Combat Impostor Syndrome, UNLV Study Finds
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

You’ve probably felt it before. As a new hiree. In a challenging class. Or while making small talk with really, really smart people. Many can relate to impostor syndrome — a psychological phenomenon in which a person feels that they are a fraud in a network of successful individuals, despite being well-experienced and qualified in the field.

Released: 22-May-2020 12:05 PM EDT
COVID-19 and Connectedness: Finding a Balance in Our Online Lives
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

As uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine wears on, there remains one constant: a reliance on the internet, social media, and streaming services for work, school, entertainment, and keeping in touch with friends and family. But is the increased screen time — and the resulting onslaught of emails, memes, and media consumption that come with the removed barrier between work and home — taking a toll on our mental health? For answers, we turned to Simon Gottschalk, a UNLV sociology professor and author of “The Terminal Self: Everyday Life in Hypermodern Times,” which examines the social and psychological toll of our increasingly online lives on work, education, family life, interactions, our sense of self, and more.

Released: 29-Apr-2020 1:30 PM EDT
Ergonomics 101: Working from Home During Coronavirus
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Marshmallow-soft couch cushions and a cutesy vintage chair here. Dim lighting and blackout curtains there. Ah, there’s nothing like the comforts of home. Except during a pandemic. Across the nation, new work-from-home and distance learning routines amid the COVID-19 outbreak have many people -- and their strained necks, backs, and eyes -- wishing they could trade those home comforts for the comforts of the office.

Released: 22-Apr-2020 3:20 PM EDT
Love Under Lockdown: How Couples Can Cope During COVID-19
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

For many, love has long been associated with flowers, candy, and counting down the hours until they see their crush or significant other again. During the age of coronavirus? Just like every other part of life, the mechanics of romance have changed. Newly dating partners are longing for one another after weeks apart due to the quarantine; longtime cohabitating and married couples are spending more time together than ever, deepening bonds for many while some could use a breather from seeing their (not so) loved one’s face.

Released: 22-Apr-2020 8:45 AM EDT
Quick Take: After COVID-19, When Will Las Vegas' Tourists Return?
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Beginning in 2007 through 2009, the Great Recession affected Las Vegas more than anywhere else in the United States. The Las Vegas’s economy will, once again, be dealt a difficult hand as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, according to Stephen M. Miller, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) and economics professor at Lee Business School.

Released: 16-Apr-2020 1:45 PM EDT
UNLV Engineers Fabricate PPE for Local Medical Community
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Health care providers across the Las Vegas Valley were facing an unprecedented challenge, worsened by a lack of supplies to protect themselves. A local medical community group reached out: Could the UNLV College of Engineering help fill the gap for personal protection equipment, such as face shields? The college put together a task force.

   
Released: 16-Apr-2020 1:35 PM EDT
Quick Take: How COVID-19 Has Impacted the Presidential Race
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

As February turned to March, the race for the White House dominated daily news coverage, social media feeds, and office and dinner conversations. Pretty typical during an election year. As Super Tuesday came and went, candidates for the Democratic Party nomination continued to bow out of the race to set up an epic showdown between Bernie and Biden.

Released: 2-Apr-2020 1:05 PM EDT
Tips from a Microbiologist on Keeping the House Clean During COVID-19
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

The barrage of coronavirus-related news stories can be dizzying. Even for the seemingly well-informed, it’s become increasingly difficult to sift through it all to discern truly helpful tips to keep our homes and families safe and to regain a little bit of control in our lives.  Take cleaning, for example. Just as we’re getting the social distancing thing down by staying safe at home, we’re beginning to take a long, hard look at our house cleaning habits.

   
Released: 20-Mar-2020 3:40 PM EDT
Social Media While Social Distancing: A How-To Guide
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

With calls from elected and health officials to self-isolate to prevent the spread of coronavirus, more and more people are turning to social media as their primary means of entertainment and connection with friends and the outside world. But can too much social media while social distancing take a toll on your mental and even physical health? We checked in with Natalie Pennington -- a UNLV communication studies professor who researches the benefits and harms of social media -- to get her take on the best ways to make your online experience work for you.

Released: 18-Mar-2020 10:45 AM EDT
Social Spacing: Tips On Deepening Connections & Staying Safe, Sane Amid Coronavirus
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, people have been asked to stay out of public spaces and reduce interpersonal contact to limit the transmission of the virus. This process has the unfortunate name of “social distancing,“ which has connotations of removing oneself socially and emotionally as well as physically from the public sphere.

Released: 26-Feb-2020 4:45 PM EST
Research Brief: What Does The Car You Drive Say About Your Manners?
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

New UNLV study finds that drivers of flashy cars are less likely to yield for pedestrians.

Released: 12-Feb-2020 12:15 PM EST
Study: Diet Makes a Difference in Fight Against Hospital-Acquired Infection
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Popular diets low in carbs and high in fat and protein might be good for the waistline, but a new UNLV study shows that just the opposite may help to alleviate the hospital-acquired infection Clostridioides difficile. The results appeared in a study published Feb. 11 in mSystems, an open access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

   
Released: 5-Feb-2020 5:35 PM EST
The Hidden History of Valentine's Day
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

UNLV history professor Elizabeth Nelson separates facts about the effects of marketing, consumerism, and social media on the holiday's evolution from fiction about love's golden age.

Released: 5-Feb-2020 1:50 PM EST
Research Brief: Ocean Temperatures Impact Central American Climate More than Once Thought
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

In a study published today in the journal Nature Communications, UNLV climate scientists and colleagues examined the rainfall history of Central America over the last 11,000 years. The results provide long-sought answers to what has been controlling rainfall in the region for several millennia.


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