Qingmin Shi (Decision Support) recently presented a panel with colleagues from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Penn State Behrend, Penn State Engineering, and Bucknell University at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Forum in Washington, D.C. The presentation, titled "Early engagement indicators and student…

John “Skip” Crooker and Qingmin Shi (both Decision Support), recently presented with Celeste Calkins from Illinois State University at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Forum in Washington, D.C. Their session, titled "Leniency and reliability - Faculty grading behaviors in the pandemic era," examines how…

John “Skip” Crooker (Decision Support), Shellie Brattain (Information Technology), and Qingmin Shi (Decision Support) recently presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Forum in Washington D.C. Their presentation, titled “Course evaluation completion over student careers and policy impacts,” examines…

Cass Shum (Hospitality) and her coauthors received the First Runner-Up Best Paper Award at APacCHRIE 2026 in Osaka, Japan, for their paper titled "Deontic justice for robots: How and when employees’ robot abuse  affects customers’ revisit and negative word-of-mouth."

Hyelin (Lina) Kim (UNLV Hospitality) and her coauthors—Sung-Eun Kim from Kyungpook National University and UNLV Hospitality Ph.D. alumna, Zhenxian Piao from the University of Central Florida, and Seokhyun (Sean) Kim (Hospitality)—received the Second Runner-Up Best Paper Award at APacCHRIE 2026 in Osaka, Japan, for their paper titled "Virtual…

Vidhani S. Goel (Medicine) was recognized as the Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year at the UNLV Rebel Awards for her exceptional contributions as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. She provided research and methodological support to medical trainees and faculty, including study design, data…

Addie Rolnick and Justin Iverson (both Law) co-presented their paper, "A Plain Denial: Reclaiming Equal Protection in American Juvenile Law," at the 2026 Law and Society Association Annual Meeting.

Carla Bywaters (Law) was elected to the Faculty Senate as the law school's junior senator.

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds Office) recently published a post on Informed Informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post explores some of the controversy about AI's impact on higher education and professional life, suggesting that the biggest challenge isn't the one most people think…