Noria Litaker (History) published Bedazzled Saints: Catacomb Relics in Early Modern Bavaria in the University of Virginia Press's Studies in Early Modern Germany series. The book chronicles the transfer, distribution, and display of nearly four hundred "holy bodies" of ancient Christian martyrs, some of the church’s most prestigious relics, sent…

Donald Johnson (Facilities Management), assistant director of Facilities Operations, recently made a presentation at the Honeywell User Group Conference in Orlando, Florida. The presentation was titled, "Campus Lifecycle Upgrades." The topic was centered on UNLV's long-term relationship with Honeywell, what we have done, and how we plan…

Monica Brown and Pricella Morris (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), along with Monique Matute-Chavarria (New Mexico State University), recently co-authored a chapter titled, "Combating colonized discipline practices: If leaders know better, will they do better," in the book, Cases on leadership dilemmas in special…

Associate professor Kimberly G. James and assistant professor André Chiang (both Music) performed leading roles in the world premiere of the opera, Behold the Man (Fowler, Flack), with Opera Las Vegas on September 30 and October 1. Several current music students, alumni, College of Fine Arts administrator Ashley Stone, choral conductor…

Associate professor Kimberly G James, DM, (Music) presented a workshop titled, "From Small Straws to Big Singing: Moving Beyond Theory," which addressed a practical application of semi-occluded vocal tract tools (e.g. small coffee straws) in the field of classical singing. This workshop was presented at the hybrid Pan American Vocology Association…

Professor Joe Regalia (Law) published a short article in the October edition Nevada Lawyer titled "Generative AI and the Future of Legal Education."

Linda Lister (Music - Voice) was a guest speaker for the Awaken Your Voice Summit.

Jennifer R. Pharr, Ravi Batra, Emylia Terry (all Public Health) along with Kavita Batra (Medicine) published a study, "Intrapersonal Predictors of Physical Violence Toward and Sexual Assault of Lesbian and Bisexual Women and the Associated Mental Health Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Analysis," in the journal LGBT Health. This study reported…

Whitney Elks, Declan Feery, Celica Cosme, Kavita Batra, Charles St. Hill, and Ovunc Bardakcioglu (all Medicine) presented their study, “Comparison of Surgical Treatment Patterns and Temporal Trends for Stage I-III Invasive Rectal Adenocarcinoma among Regions in the United States,” at the Society of Black Academic Surgeons. This…