On April 24, Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute) delivered a presentation and participated in a panel on AI Ethics in Gambling at the annual Gaming Laboratories International Regulators Roundtable. Ghaharian spoke about the benefits AI but also of the unique dangers the technology poses to the sector. 

Professor Benjamin Edwards (Law) presented on "Intermediary Responsibility Around Third-Party Scams and Frauds" at the 2024 Nevada Trust Conference. 

School of Public Health faculty and students gave several presentations during the 2024 Nevada Public Health Association Annual Conference: Pamela Pioquinto and Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) presented their work: "Correlates of Muscle Dysmorphia Symptomatology in Filipino American Male University Students: A Pilot Study…

Bernard Zygelman (Physics and Astronomy) presented the April 9 Pittsburgh Quantum Institute (PQI) seminar titled "Effective Magnetic Monopoles, Molecular Dynamics, and Holonomic Quantum Computing" in addition to the U. Pittsburgh Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) undergraduate colloquium, "The Second Quantum Revolution." Zygelman…

The Nevada Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics held the annual meeting on the UNLV campus on April 27. Two UNLV students, Kristine Wilson and Christopher Acosta (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) were recognized for state-level awards. Wilson was named the Outstanding Dietetics Student - Dietetic Internship Program, and Acosta was named…

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was named as an Outstanding Reviewer for the American Educational Research Journal (AERJ). AERJ is the flagship journal of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), with articles that advance the empirical, theoretical, and methodological understanding of education…

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published an article titled "Use and Effectiveness of Academic Supports After Developmental Education Reform in California’s Community Colleges" in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. The study examines the role of concurrent support courses (e.g., corequisites) in…

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published an article titled "The Impact of Course Placement in STEM Sequences on Students’ Short-Term and Longer-Term University Success Outcomes" in The Review of Higher Education with collaborators from the University of Iowa. The study explores the effects of placement in…

Eric Kawana, B.S.; Rodd Rahmani, M.D.; Scott Turnbull, D.O.; Adam Khattak, D.O.; Kenny Do, B.S.; and Aditi Singh, M.D. (all Medicine) published an article titled, "A Rare Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Patient With Fever of Unknown Origin" in the journal Cureus.  This case presents a 23-year-old male with a rare…