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Foster Youth In The Mountain West, Zachary Billot Dec 2022

Foster Youth In The Mountain West, Zachary Billot

Undergraduate Research Symposium Lightning Talks

Number of children adopted from foster care vs. waiting to be adopted from foster care in the Mountain West, FY2020


Retroviral Protease (Rvp) Ddi2 Is A Viable Alternative For Full-Length (Fl) Ddi2, Ethan Chi Dec 2022

Retroviral Protease (Rvp) Ddi2 Is A Viable Alternative For Full-Length (Fl) Ddi2, Ethan Chi

Undergraduate Research Symposium Lightning Talks

Proteasome inhibitors are drugs used to treat multiple myeloma. Currently, three are approved by the FDA.


The Fiscal Impact Of Marsy's Law: A Financial Analysis Of Victims' Rights Policy In Nevada, Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio Dec 2022

The Fiscal Impact Of Marsy's Law: A Financial Analysis Of Victims' Rights Policy In Nevada, Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio

Undergraduate Research Symposium Lightning Talks

Since 2008, the "Marsy's Law" campaign has sought to embed in state constitutions a specific and lengthy set of victims' rights. In 2018, voters ratified "Question 1" in Nevada which broaded the definition of the term victim to any person directly and 'proximately' harmed by a criminal offense. As a result, Marsy's Law opens the door to the interpretation of the word "crime" and the word "victim."


Lesbian Visibility And Censorship In Early Twentieth Century New York City, Aimee Clouse Apr 2022

Lesbian Visibility And Censorship In Early Twentieth Century New York City, Aimee Clouse

Undergraduate Research Symposium Posters

On the brisk night of February 9th, 1927, New York City Police crammed the casts of two Broadway plays, one of which Edouard Bourdet's The Captive, into the back of a paddy wagon. These arrests and the legislation that enabled them were just one step taken by institutions to hide lesbians from the public. The eclectic nature of New York City in the early twentieth century fostered a growing scene of gender and sexual expression unlike anywhere else in the United States. Here, lesbians found freedom to express their sexuality and explore a growing subculture.


Interrelation On Cultural And Culinary Differences Of Two Country Borders: The Mexican Immigrant, Merci Silva-Acosta Apr 2022

Interrelation On Cultural And Culinary Differences Of Two Country Borders: The Mexican Immigrant, Merci Silva-Acosta

Undergraduate Research Symposium Lightning Talks

Background and Methodology: Culinary CustomsCultural Traits


Women's Political Participation In Nevada, Brenda Cruz Gomez, Aika Dietz Feb 2022

Women's Political Participation In Nevada, Brenda Cruz Gomez, Aika Dietz

Research Briefs

Nevada leads the nation with the first female-majority state legislatiure.


Windsor Park: The Sinking Streets, Brett Levner, Frank Fritz Jan 2022

Windsor Park: The Sinking Streets, Brett Levner, Frank Fritz

Creative Collaborations

At the encouragement of Nevada State Senator Dina Neal and law professors Ngai Pindell and Frank Fritz, undergraduate and graduate UNLV film students under the tutelage of film professor Brett Levner donned their masks and returned to the field to interview documentary subjects and bring awareness to a local community in the shadows searching for hope.