Join us as we celebrate the outstanding research and scholarship of UNLV undergraduate students at the 2025 Calvert Awards for Undergraduate Research ceremony.

This annual event recognizes students who have demonstrated excellence in research projects that make exceptional use of library resources. Award winners will be honored for their achievements, and attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about their work.

This year’s award recipients include:

• Wendy Rein
  Category: Emerging Scholar
  Title: Library Post Partnerships: A Solution to Increase Access to Public Library Facilities in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area
  Faculty Sponsor: Michael Bruner, Ph.D., Department of Communication Studies, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs

• Omar Shafi
  Category: Creative Works
  Title: The Blood Moon
  Faculty Sponsor: Sheila Bock, Ph.D., Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies, College of Liberal Arts

• Drewmel Darby
  Category: Advanced Undergraduate
  Title: Banking on Black: Black Banking and Financial Institutions in the Historic Westside, Las Vegas
  Faculty Sponsor: Tyler Parry, Ph.D., Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies, College of Liberal Arts

• Olivia Sinkevitch
  Category: Advanced Undergraduate
  Title: Black Women and Feminism: SNCC, the Second Wave and Balancing Identities of Gender and Race
  Faculty Sponsor: Michelle Tusan, Ph.D., Department of History, College of Liberal Arts

• Giselle Rivera
  Category: Extended Advanced Undergraduate
  Title: Negotiating Power: The Influence of Women in Shaping Colonial Barbados and Jamaica, from 1750–1833
  Faculty Sponsor: Michelle Tusan, Ph.D., Department of History, College of Liberal Arts

Light refreshments will be served.