David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the official blog of UNLV's ombuds office. This week's column, "Space (and lots of it) to Learn: A Personal Journey," discusses how incorporating his experiences in a local improv class has informed his teaching and approach to the ombuds practice in unexpected ways…

Professor Joe Regalia (Law) contributed to a collection of water law articles in the journal of Western Legal History titled "Fighting for Water Equity in the West: Whose Water is it Anyway?".

Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) had their research featured in Las Vegas Weekly. The feature discusses Cross' and Messenger's work, focusing on diseases that can be transmitted by insects. In their Parasitology and Vector Biology lab, they engage in citizen science…

Gary Totten (English) has published an article, "Newland Archer's Crisis of (Im)mobility: Gendered Routes of Travel in The Age of Innocence," in the fall 2023 issue of the journal American Literary Realism. The article examines how the writer Edith Wharton's own travel experiences inform her portrayal of gender, travel, and…

Kavita Batra and Deborah A. Kuhls (both Medicine) received a grant of $650,000 from the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Care Financing and Policing to conduct a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)-related study.  The aim of this study is to investigate contributing factors of high cost of Medicaid…

Miyeon Jung's (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) experimental study about online reviews and mobile notification was featured in the Wall Street Journal.

Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Ellianna Rodriguez (former graduate student in the Higher Education program and currently a UNLV Admissions Counselor/Evaluator) published an article, "The Costs of a Free and Public Education: An Analysis of a School District's Student Fees," in the BYU Education…

The official book trailer for Hammer of the Dogs: A Novel by Jarret Keene (English) can now be viewed on YouTube. Set in the wasteland of post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, Hammer of the Dogs is a literary dystopian adventure filled with high-octane fun starring 21-year-old Lash. With her high-tech skill set and warrior mentality, Lash is a…

Jason Flatt (Public Health) and colleagues recently published an article, "Medical Mistrust Mediates the Relationship Between Nonconsensual Intersex Surgery and Healthcare Avoidance Among Intersex Adults," in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. We identified a relationship between nonconsensual surgery and health care avoidance among intersex…