Accomplishments: Honors College
Peter Grema (Economics, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute, Honors College) was recently featured in the ºÚÁÏÍø Libraries Special Collections & Archives Researcher Profile series discussing his research of the Clark County Economic Opportunity Board (EOB) for a History of Las Vegas class. Grema is an undergraduate.
Dan Bubb (Honors), along with other former and current airline industry professionals, did an interview with the Washington Post on the emergence of new, upstart airlines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A number of undergraduate students were recognized during the office of undergraduate research (OUR) spring 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium. They include:
Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio (Public Policy and Leadership), who was awarded Best Podium Presentation Award in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Her presentation was Police…
Dan Bubb (Honors) recently did a television interview with Telemundo CNBC-Universal on how air travel helped Las Vegas become a global tourist destination.
Nathalie Martinez (Anthropology, World Languages and Cultures, Honors College) presented her paper "'Our language do not die, they are killed': Indigenismo and its Effects on Indigenous Language Revitalization" at the Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium at Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts & Sciences.…
Nathalie Martinez (Anthropology, World Languages and Cultures, Honors College) is the recipient of the Vista Group Outstanding Senior Award. Carrying a $1,000 scholarship, this is a distinguished award given to a ºÚÁÏÍø College of Liberal Arts senior displaying exceptional achievement, leadership, and service. A member of the Honors College,…
Joanna Kepka (Honors) is the recipient of the 2020-21 Alex G. and Faye Spanos Distinguished Teaching Award. Carrying a stipend of $2,000, the annual award recognizes an outstanding ºÚÁÏÍø faculty member for their excellence and innovation in teaching and mentorship. To be eligible, faculty members must have previously won a college teaching award.…
Saha Salahi (Communication Studies, Brookings Mountain West, and The Lincy Institute), along with Santiago Gudino-Rosales, '20 BS Biology (Honors College), and Yanneli Llamas, '20 BA English and Criminal Justice (Honors College),, contributed their personal and family stories to the Bookings Institution podcast "Our Nation of Immigrants,"…
Dan Bubb (Honors) and other former and current professionals in the commercial aviation industry were interviewed by the New York Times on the safety record of the Boeing 777 and commercial passenger planes in general, after a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 suffered a catastrophic engine failure following takeoff from Denver International Airport…
Bryan Blankfield (Honors College) published the essay "Tracking A Digital Dog(ma)" in Digital Doxa, a peer-reviewed academic blog. The piece offers insight into how presidential candidates rhetorically use (and misuse) their dogs to mobilize digital publics during political campaigns.
Michelle Follette Turk (History and Honors) has published a revised and expanded book, Gambling with Lives: A History of Occupational Health in Greater Las Vegas, a long-term study of health and safety in Southern Nevada, and the region's most catastrophic workplace disasters. Her research began as a dissertation at…
Mary Blankenship (Economics, Chemistry, Brookings Mountain West, The Liny Institute, Honors), was awarded the 2020 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award during the fall 2020 Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium, sponsored by the office of undergraduate research (OUR). This award recognizes one outstanding ºÚÁÏÍø undergraduate student…