Taking a Stand: How 51ԹϺ Played a Pivotal Role in Las Vegas' Gay Rights Movement
Author, activist, and alum Dennis McBride on how classmates and allies established one of the city’s first LGBTQ organizations — the Gay Academic Union.
51ԹϺ’s PGA Golf Management University Program partners with Las Vegas-based AI technology company Evenplay to study the effects of rewards on skill level.
51ԹϺ Wind Orchestra Presents 'An Afternoon with Christian Lindberg' April 12
Lindberg, a trombonist, was named 'Greatest Brass Player in History' by Classic FM.
51ԹϺ Experts In The News
No measles reported yet in Nevada, but state’s vaccination rate slipping
Measles, a highly contagious disease considered to have been eradicated since the turn of the century, is making a comeback. Nevada has no reported cases as of Thursday morning, but public health officials worry the state may be vulnerable as vaccination rates have slipped in recent years.
Doctor talks long Covid-19 impact prominence 5 years after pandemic declared
The World Health Organization characterized Covid-19 as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Since then, scientists don’t fully understand why some people develop disabling chronic conditions after the initial viral infection, according to reporting from NBC News.
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
After Nevada’s first human case of bird flu, experts discuss the state’s capacity to handle outbreaks
Bird flu is back and stronger than ever, and Nevada isn’t immune to the surge. A pair of emergent new strains have infiltrated the Silver State in recent months.
Kinesiology Professor Offers Advice on Curbing the Health Disruptions Caused by Changing the Clocks
Graham McGinnis says Daylight Savings Time has shown the ability to alter our cardiovascular health, but some of our weekend habits can impact us more than the time change.
Published: Mark Guadagnoli, Whitney Elks, Kencie Ely, Abigail W Cheng, Kavita Batra, Charles Randolph St Hill
Mark Guadagnoli, Whitney Elks, Kencie Ely, Abigail W Cheng, Kavita Batra, Charles Randolph St Hill (all Medicine) published a study, "Good, Better, How,” Educational Intervention: Potential Benefits of Utilizing Feedback in General Surgery; Sequential Mixed-Methods Study of an Educational Intervention" in the Advances in Medical Education and…
In April 2025, Jeffrey T. Child (Communication Studies) will become president of the largest regional communication association in the nation, the Central States Communication Association (CSCA). Child is the primary conference planner for CSCA’s 94th annual convention being held April 1-6 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He organized this year’s…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article as a senior collaborator in the GBD 2021 Adolescent BMI Collaborators Group titled, “Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: A forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease…
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