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Project 150: High School Is Tough Enough, Mathew David Salcedo Dec 2019

Project 150: High School Is Tough Enough, Mathew David Salcedo

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

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Unlv Magazine, Marta Meana, Stacy Willis, Jason Scavone, Sean Kennedy, Kristin Rattini, Tony Allen, Matt Jacob Oct 2019

Unlv Magazine, Marta Meana, Stacy Willis, Jason Scavone, Sean Kennedy, Kristin Rattini, Tony Allen, Matt Jacob

UNLV Magazine

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Teaching About Cultural Competence And Health Disparities In An Online Graduate Public Health Course, Anuli Njoku, Drph, Mph, Uchenna Baker, Phd, Med Jul 2019

Teaching About Cultural Competence And Health Disparities In An Online Graduate Public Health Course, Anuli Njoku, Drph, Mph, Uchenna Baker, Phd, Med

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

The growing diversity in U.S. society encourages the need for culturally competent healthcare professionals to provide optimal services to a diverse population. This increasing diversity also brings greater awareness to health disparities among distinct subgroups of the U.S. population. Addressing health disparities in the USA will require a multidimensional approach from various sectors, including the field of education. Developing health disparities curricula can help cultivate conscious future health practitioners. Faculty development programs can be integral in equipping faculty to develop curricula on and teach students about health disparities. With a growth in online learning and in the number of adult …


Unlv Top Tier Focus - Academic Health Center Theme/Goal, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Apr 2019

Unlv Top Tier Focus - Academic Health Center Theme/Goal, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

Focus on Top Tier 2.0

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The Road To Carnegie R1 At The University Of Nevada, Las Vegas, Robert E. Lang, David F. Damore Mar 2019

The Road To Carnegie R1 At The University Of Nevada, Las Vegas, Robert E. Lang, David F. Damore

Lincy Institute Reports and Briefs

Founded in 1957, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is now classified as a top research university by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. This is a major accomplishment. The Lincy Institute’s analysis of all 130 “Carnegie Doctoral Universities” (2018) with “very high research activity,” or R1 status, (Appendix A provides a summary of the data on the 93 public institutions with R1 status, and Appendix B sorts this list by age of institution) finds that UNLV is among the 10 youngest institutions founded post-World War II in the U.S. to achieve this status.2 This is a …


21st Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum Science Podium Session, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Feb 2019

21st Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum Science Podium Session, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

Graduate & Professional Student Association Research Forum

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Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum 2019 Outstanding Presentation Awards, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Feb 2019

Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum 2019 Outstanding Presentation Awards, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

Graduate & Professional Student Association Research Forum

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21st Annual Research Forum 2019, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Feb 2019

21st Annual Research Forum 2019, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

Graduate & Professional Student Association Research Forum

The Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum is sponsored by the Graduate & Professional Student Association and the Graduate College. We’d like to thank the faculty judges and student volunteers. Without your support this event would not be possible.