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RECOGNITIONS

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University Recognitions

Engineering postdoc wins first place at UNR Postdoc Poster Symposium

Allison Evans Receives 2026 Hewett Book Prize for 'Protest in the Provinces'

麻豆视频 faculty publish study on perceptions of military-affiliated students

Mechanical engineering Ph.D. student earns national poster recognition

University of Missouri Civil and Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni inductee

Geoff Blewitt invited to give Bowie Lecture at 2026 AGU Fall Meeting

Lynda R. Wiest, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics Education and Educational Equity recognized with the Kay Gilliland Equity Lecture Award from the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics

Peer-Reviewed Publication: 鈥淪upporting Undocumented Nursing Students: A Narrative Review鈥�

Dascalu receives Hoeper Award for teaching excellence

EERI recognizes Renmin Pretell with Younger Member Award

Three College of Education and Human Development faculty members awarded at 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference

Jeremy Moon receives Powe Junior Faculty Achievement Award

KIDS University supply coordinator Jasmine Baglietto

Celebrating KIDS U instructor, Phil Harriman

Mimi Payne awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Lalise Gizaw Honorable Mention for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Ryan Imsdahl named USTA Northern California 'Leader of the Year'

Honors College student Andrew Hsu awarded prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship

Student Faisal Quraishi awarded prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship

Nehal Manget selected as a Critical Language Scholarship Alternate for the Hindi Intermediate program

Jennifer Rodriguez Reynoso selected for the National Science Foundation Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in Toxicology (SURE Tox) at the University of Illinois

John Henkel selected for a DAAD Rise Germany internship

Claira Johnson selected as a 麻豆视频 institutional nominee for the Environmental Udall Undergraduate Scholarship

Professor David Rondel's essay 'James and Roosevelt on Liberalism, Imperialism, and the Meaning of Strenuousness' chosen as winner of the Joseph L. Blau Prize

Sarah Mitchell honored with University of Missouri College of Education & Human Development and Family Studies Early Career Alumni Achievement Award

College of Liberal Arts Professor Arina Pismenny publishes 鈥淭he Politics of Feeling: Emotion Norms and the Making of Difference鈥�

Jared Lamb selected as semi-finalist for Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program

Gabriel Covington selected as a semi-finalist for the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant program

The 麻豆视频 maintains prestigious accreditation by AAALAC International

Yasmeen Quraishi selected for the 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Cancer Biology at the University of Hawaii and for 2026 WFIRM Summer Scholars Program in Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Ph.D. Candidate Richie Rosencrance, with faculty coauthors Greoffrey Smith and Christopher Jazwa, published a paper in Science Advances

Honors Student Hamna Yasir awarded the Honors Global Travel Award

Honors Student Abigail Herrick awarded the Honors Global Travel Award

Honors Student Ashley Breeze awarded the Honors Global Travel Award

Honors student Olivia Patai has been awarded the Honors Global Travel Award

Honors student Jennifer Rodriguez Reynoso has been awarded the Honors Global Travel Award

Honors student Daniela Randolph has been awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship

Honors student Kaden St Martin awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship

Undergraduate student Lucia Del Rosario Zuniga de Alba awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship

Faculty members receive grant for $247,926 to host the Institute on Collaborative Language Research in 2026

Graduate student Abdulmalik Adetola Lawal receives the Overall Best Research Poster Presentation Award for the B1 Master鈥檚 Students category

Journalism graduate student Abdulmalik Adetola Lawal was selected by the 麻豆视频 for the Florence Rittenhouse and Edith R. Hedges Scholarship

English associate professor joins colleagues in publishing paper in The Lancet

College of Business graduate student Adetomiwa Emmanuel Adesokan wins first place in category A1 of GSA Poster Symposium

Safiya Songhai wins top award in the "Without Boundaries: A Behind the Screens Film Festival"

Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Pradeep Menezes selected as the founding editor-in-chief of Tribology and Interfaces

T. Brian Callister, M.D., SFHM, MACP from UNR Med elected to Mastership in the American College of Physicians

Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Yan Wang publishes research on laser-induced flatband discovery

麻豆视频 Creative Writing MFA Alum, poet Erik Manuel Soto has published 'Inside the Umber Iris'

Chemical & Materials Engineering Ph.D. student wins $175,000 DOE fellowship

Two College of Liberal Arts emeriti faculty honored by the Basque Government

Meet Zandawala awarded the Gorbman-Bern New Independent Investigator Award

Zandawala鈥檚 research with fruit flies explores how the brain controls eating, sleep, stress and other key behaviors in humans

College of Engineering team wins conference best paper award for their study on driver behavior in roundabouts

Daniel Lindbergh Lang awarded fellowship from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Timothy Grunert, M.D., named a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians

UNR Med鈥檚 Alejandra Sataray-Rodriguez Named 2025 Chick-fil-A Community Scholar

Dr. Arthur Islas, M.D., MPH, has been named a Master Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine

Ph.D. Candidate Travis Nielsen awarded Boren Fellowship

Honors student Angelica Perez awarded a Gilman fellowship to study in San Sebastian, Spain

Alicia Gingrich, M.D., appointed as the Institutional Review Board (IRB) Representative for UNR Med and Renown Health

Student Andrew Siciliano awarded Fellowship

David Calvert recognized as a 2024 NPPA Honors Award recipient

Faculty Spotlight: Joshua Anderson, DMA, named Grammy Musical Educator Award semi-finalist

Associate Professor Xiaoyu Pu, Ph.D., named project fellow for 2025 by the Penn Project

Honors College and School of Public Health undergraduate student Alivia Aschenbach awarded grant

Civil Engineering Assistant Professor Hamed Ebrahimian,emeritus Professor Saiid Saiidi and their colleagues Masood Vahedi and Sina Zolfagharysaravi receive award from the peer-reviewed journal 'Engineering Structures'

Honors College students Jada Okaikoi and Andrew Siciliano awarded National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowships

Honors College student Ashley Cotton awarded the Critical Language Scholarship

Ph.D. student John Ostermiller published in Anthropology News

NSHE names Riley Gillis as 2025 Sam Lieberman Regents鈥� Scholar

Maryam Raeeszadeh-Sarmazdeh and Elham Taheri, faculty member and graduate student from the College of Engineering, work is highlighted in 'Inside Precision Medicine'

Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Jun Zhang publishes 'Ply for a large stroke'

'The Dressmaker鈥檚 Mirror: Sudden Death, Genetics, and a Jewish Family鈥檚 Secret' book published

麻豆视频 Foundation Professor Emerita, Dr. Emma Sepúlveda, Becomes First Latin American Woman Awarded the European Mercouri Prize and Inaugurates Chilean Stand at Frankfurt Book Fair, the World鈥檚 Largest Literary Event

Adriana Gomez joins Sponsored Projects as the new associate director of post award

Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Miles Greiner appointed to Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

Engineering faculty publishes paper on new ultrasonic-assisted electropolishing method

鈥淟ithium-ion battery recycling鈥攁 review of the material supply and policy infrastructure鈥� article published for Nature Asia journal

U.S. Department of Agriculture invests $250,000 in Manufacture Nevada to support clean energy

Shin Award for Excellence in Research received by University Professor Sudeep Chandra

EECB Outreach Committee receives Silver Paw Award sponsored by the Center for Student Engagement

Mona Mehrani and Olakunle Akinola awarded Safety Laboratory Teaching Assistant titles

Ph.D. student Jordyn Green publishes an article in Review of Policy Research

Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Pradeep Menezes is appointed as associate editor of the Journal of Tribology, a publication of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Students Robert Gillespy, Mark Marsala and Paris Acosta are winners of the College of Engineering鈥檚 2024 Madani-Gordaninejad Speech Competition

Environmental Engineering Associate Professor David Hanigan has been selected by AAEES for its 40 under 40 recognition program

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering Professor Jeongwon Park named to the National Academy of Inventors 2024 class of Senior Members

Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Yifei Jin and colleagues published paper in PNAS

Aviation engineering research included in Aerospace America

麻豆视频鈥檚 Dance Marathon chapter recently recognized at The Stars of Nevada Service Awards ceremony

Assistant Professor Brad Johnson discusses AI, government technology governance at industry conference in Las Vegas

Ph.D. candidate Travis Numan spoke about climate change from an Indigenous perspective at a conference in Chicago

Professor Ali Tavakkoli is getting his project for astronauts funded through a NASA grant

Environmental Engineering Professor Yu Yang along with many others, published a paper in the Sept. 26, 2023, edition of Environmental Science & Technology

Dr. Sarah Keyes announces the publication of her book, American Burial Ground: A New History of the Overland Trail

Nevada State Undergraduate Research Journal (NSURJ) announces the official publication of NSURJ Edition 8 on ScholarWorks

MCARE conference co-organized by Chemical & Materials Engineering Associate Professor Krista Carlson

Ryan Durbin is the first author on a paper published in the Journal of Neuroscience

Discovery alumni magazine took bronze in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education鈥檚 Circle of Excellence Awards

Adaract Awarded $400,000 from AngelNV and State Small Business Initiative (SSBCI)

Assistant Professor Jared Stanley's proposal was selected for funding

Foundation Professor Michael Branch's proposal was selected for funding

2023 NCET Tech Award for Innovator of the Year goes to Carlos Cardillo, Executive Director of NCAR

The University also celebrates two additional 2023 EDAWN Awards: Startup Champion Ania Calvillo-Mason, Business Manager of the Innevation Center, and Innovation Catalyst of the Year the Nevada Center for Applied Research

Dr. Abbie Olszewski awarded the Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award

Jordan Baez Honored as the ASUN Service-Learning Faculty Awardee

Anthropology doctoral candidate receives fellowship for his dissertation research abroad

World Languages & Literature assistant professor publishes book highlighting early modern conflicts in the Caribbean

Britni Adams named 麻豆视频's first Apple Distinguished Educator

Anthropology Ph.D. student John Ostermiller becomes the first at 麻豆视频 to receive prestigious grant

Dr. Guadalupe Esobar awarded prestigious fellowship for 2023-2024

Undergraduate student Tanya Nawrocki honored as 2023 Henry Albert Public Service awardee

Dr. Prisca Gayles awarded National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship for 2023-2024

Gender, Race and Identity Department Assistant Professor Dr. Lydia Huerta Moreno publishes first volume of its kind in her field

Partnership between the Park Authority and the 麻豆视频 announced

Golden Pinecone Award Recipient Announced

Former ASUN Director of Sustainability honored for EdPASS campaign work

2023 ASUN Outstanding Senior Award Recipient Named: Harmony Werth

2023 ASUN Outstanding Senior Award Recipient Named: Beau Oster

麻豆视频 School of Medicine's Student Outreach Clinic receives $25,000 grant

Nine anthropology students recognized for participating in international competition

Assistant Professor Carolina Muñoz-Saez honored with 2023 Early Geological Career Award

The award highlights her expertise in multidisciplinary geological sciences & early career status

New online book explores bio-based lubricants

Dr. Kate Berry is honored by the Rural Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers

Berry and her colleague from Boise State University received the Western Studies award

College of Engineering Associate Professor appointed to editorial board

College of Engineering professor quoted in Politico Pro's Morning Energy newsletter

Dev Chidambaram provides insight into the Department of Energy's $2 billion conditional loan to Redwood Materials

Ph.D. student receives Academy Pavement Science and Engineering award

Associate Professor Jeongwon Park published paper for Scientific Reports' December 2022 issue

Park's paper focused on predictive modeling of the progression of Parkinson's disease

Research from the College of Business at the 麻豆视频 receives national and international media attention

2020 research paper currently ranks in the top .5% of all papers on Altmetric

鈥淲omen in Field Biology: A Journey into Nature鈥�

Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology doctoral candidate Anjana Parandhaman was featured in 鈥淲omen in Field Biology: A Journey into Nature鈥�

Ph.D. student MD Arifuzzaman and advisor Dr. Engin Arslan receive three-year grant from the National Science Foundation for data optimization software

麻豆视频 human research protection program earns accreditation

Research Integrity administrative team's hard work pays off

Oct. 25 is Nevada Water Innovation Institute Day

The Washoe County Commission proclaimed Oct. 25 Nevada Water Innovation Institute Day at its Oct. 25 meeting.

Nevada Global Business provides students a valuable career development opportunity

Katie Jameson named as assistant dean to the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources

Arreaga recognized nationally by TopDrawerSoccer

Ashley Osborne and Shane Kapala receive the 2022 Balloon Race Scholarship

James M. Alexander, M.D., Named First OB/GYN Chair for Nevada鈥檚 First Integrated Health System

The 麻豆视频鈥檚 Performing Arts Series celebrates 62 years with five barrier-shattering performances and free, open to the public activities

Skiing will make its return to the Nevada Athletics varsity lineup in the 2022-23 athletic season

UNR School of Social Work receives reaccreditation

Peggy Bohn recognized as the Nevada Veteran Employee of the Month for July 2022

Upward Bound Classic and Math & Science Programs awarded $6.7 million Department of Education TRIO grants

Preschoolers at the Child and Family Research Center become published authors

Students Travel to German Marshall Fund鈥檚 annual Brussels Forum to Discuss a Changing World

麻豆视频 to reopen Argenta Hall for fall 2022 semester

Journalism alumna earns Certificate in Principles of Public Relations

Professor Karla Wagner and her team examine harm reduction in Nevada and secure a 3-year CDC-funded grant

7 faculty members receive CAREER Awards in support of early-career success

Dr. Frederick Steinmann named director of the University Center for Economic Development

Biology associate professor receives NSF CAREER Award to investigate health and behavioral effects of light pollution on wild birds

麻豆视频 School of Medicine research identifies a cause of preterm labor

College of Business wins bid to host the AMCIS conference in 2026

Digital Wolf Pack Initiative student wins Worldwide Student App Development Challenge

Ken Coll takes helm at WestEd, a nonprofit working to improve educational and human-services outcomes

Civil engineering professor Keri Ryan has been named McKenzie Professor

New Extension educators provide resources and programs to Nevada communities

Anne Howard, trailblazing English professor and one of the founders of Women's Studies, passes away

Making their MARC: the MARC program recruits its first cohort of students

University postdoc receives national recognition

Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists award national scholarships to two College of Engineering Students

LGBTQ studies minor added to 麻豆视频 curriculum

Dr. Paul Hauptman, M.D., named dean of the 麻豆视频 School of Medicine and chief academic officer for Renown Health

Promising solution to fatal genetic-disorder complications discovered by University professor and Ph.D. candidate

School of Public Health Professors Dr. Li Li and Dr. Dingsheng Li receive prestigious environmental health accolades

Eren Ozmen listed among top 10 on Forbes鈥� 2022 list of most successful self-made women

Dr. Erick James named the dean of the University of Nevada鈥檚 College of Engineering

Dr. Dana Bennett named interim executive director of the University鈥檚 Guinn Center

Steve Frese named Early Career Innovator at the 2022 Honor the Best Ceremony

Artown on the Quad at the University of Nevada

Undergraduate student Nicola Choma received the Sam Lieberman Regents鈥� Award for Student Scholarship

鈥楺ueering STEM Culture鈥� by Assistant Professor Kelly Cross set to publish in June 2022

University students travel to Brussels for annual German Marshall Fund Forum

Stephanie Rempe named the 麻豆视频 Athletic Director

Garrett Vice Paving the Wolf Pack Way since 2008

Linda Zimmerman honored as a 4-5 Western Region Outstanding Lifetime Volunteer for her service

Nevada places in the Top 10 at National Concrete Canoe Competition

College of Science celebrates several achievements for students, staff and faculty

Westfall Scholars Spring 2022 Luncheon Highlight

Graduate Student Association hosts Spring Awards and disperses scholarship funds

麻豆视频 study shows how to utilize cattle grazing to minimize fire danger

College of Science celebrates their students鈥� awards from the year

Jacob DeDecker named director of Extension and associate dean for engagement with the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources

Mae Gustin received the Excellence in Laboratory Safety Award at the 2022 Honor the Best Ceremony

Ehsan Vahidi named associate editor of the open-access journal, Frontiers in Sustainable Resource Management

2022 John W. Mackay Banquet honored student successes, donors, alumni, faculty and staff

Ana de Bettencourt-Dias named Foundation Professor as a recognition of her work, achievements and service to the University

麻豆视频鈥檚 School of the Arts and Great Basin National Park Foundation artist-in-residence program

Tim Nguyen received a $490,039 National Science Foundation CAREER award

Linda Hayes honored with 2022鈥檚 Distinguished Faculty Award

Melissa Harmon embodying the Wolf Pack Way with her commitment to the 麻豆视频, even years after graduation

Deborah Boehm awarded for her teaching records, service to the University and national significance in her field

University earns full reaccreditation by Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International

Zeb Hogan led a week-long expedition ending in a record-breaking catch for a giant freshwater fish

Teruni Lamberg elected junior co-chair on the Research in Mathematics Special Interest Group at the American Educational Research Association

2022 鈥楬onor the Best鈥� Ceremony showcasing achievements from students, staff and faculty this past year

Wilfredo de Ràfols honored with one of NSHE Board of Regents鈥� 2022 Academic Advisor Awards

Arash Barfar publishes research in Expert Systems with Applications

Douglas Boyle appointed associate vice provost for research and creative activities at University Lake Tahoe location

Kari Barber's animated short film reaches film festivals around the globe

Cybersecurity Center wins $3.3 million National Science Foundation grant