Accomplishments: School of Life Sciences

Dennis Bazylinski (Life Sciences) had 20 scientific publications accepted, including 17 scientific papers and three book chapters, in 2013. He worked with a number of collaborators on the writings, including colleagues across the nation and around the world. While serving his fourth term as a chair of the school he was able to maintain an active…
Dennis Bazylinski (Life Sciences ) and Mark Buttner (Community Health Sciences) received a 14-month, $106,098 award from the Clark County School District to establish an airborne pollen monitoring program in Las Vegas.
Lawrence Walker (Life Sciences), along with colleague and former student Aaron Shiels, '02 MS Ecology, won the 2013 Society of Biology Award for best postgraduate textbook for their recent book, Landslide Ecology (Cambridge University Press).
Dan Bubb (Academic Assessment), Gregory Schraw (Education), David James (Academic Programs), Barbara Brents (Sociology), Kyle Kaalberg (Teaching and Learning), Gwen Marchand (Educational Psychology), Penny Amy (Biology), and Ann Cammett (Law) recently published an article in Assessment Update, a publication that is widely read by assessment…
Penny Amy and Diane Yost (both Life Sciences) had their work featured in the May issue of Microbe Magazine, the official newsletter of the American Microbiology Society. The article, "Pitting Microbes Against One Another," talks about how investigators are testing whether other microbes can help hold pathogens in check to quell infectious disease…
Kevin Kemner (Architecture), Jenifer Utz (Life Sciences), Louis Kavouras (Dance), Daniel Bubb (Academic Assessment), and Lindsay Couzens (Academic Assessment) recently made a presentation at the Association for the Assessment of Higher Learning Education's annual Assessment Conference in Lexington, Ky. The presentation demonstrated how a series of…