Professor David Orentlicher (Law) published "Aid in Dying in Canada and the United States: Are U.S. States Too Cautious?" in 23(11) American Journal of Bioethics 73 (2023).  

Professor Dawn Nielsen (Law) was appointed to a three-year term as a committee member for the State Bar of Nevada Functional Equivalency Committee. The committee investigates and holds hearings on bar applicants who graduate from non-ABA accredited law schools.

The inaugural student-driven UNLV Triathlon Club competed in their first Collegiate Division triathlon Saturday, Oct. 29, 2023. Club president Levi Thomas (Kinesiology), treasurer Ashlyn Thomas (Nutrition), and members Emilo Benitez (Kinesiology), Liahm Blank (Biology), Julio Carrion (Biology), and Juliano El-Hajj (Biology) all completed the BBSC…

Paige Figanbaum (History) wrote through the National Council on Public History a History@Work piece that speaks to the 2023 Home + History events hosted by the Nevada Preservation Foundation (NPF) to help provide a fuller portrait of Las Vegas's past by promoting sustainable building practices through adaptive reuse in the city's historic…

Undergraduate student Carmina Chavez (Life Sciences) presented her summer research project (sponsored by Idaho-INBRE) at SACNAS (Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) and received a poster presentation award (Section: Life Sciences Microbiology). Carmina is an undergraduate researcher in Eduardo Robleto's lab.

Undergraduates Rosales, Perez, Callaway, and Chavez Rios (Life Sciences) attended and presented their summer research projects at the 2023 SACNAS (Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) conference in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 26-28. Chavez Rios, Rosales, Callaway, and Perez are undergraduate researchers in Eduardo Robleto's…

Stephen M. Miller (Economics; Center for Business and Economic Research) presented the outlook for the Southern Nevada economy to the Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, Oct. 26 at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino. The presentation was followed by a Q&A.

Dean Ronald T Brown (Integrated Health Sciences) has been elected to Council of the American Psychological Association. He will begin this service on Jan. 1, 2024.  

Faculty and students from the Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences department recently published a paper in Sport Mont titled, "Validity and Reliability of Wearable Devices during Self-Paced Walking, Jogging and Overground Skipping." The authors include Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences faculty James Navalta, Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences…