Katherine Walker (English) was the keynote speaker at the Texas Woman's University's Creative Arts and Research Symposium. She argued for the importance of slow methodologies and transforming research spaces. 

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) publish a co-authored article, "Diversifying channels or diversifying information? Panel data analysis of polarization in the contentious pension reform" in Information, Communication, & Society. Through the case of a highly polarized pension reform in Taiwan, this article found out…

Rupam Mitra (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a poster titled, “Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) practices and their association with the nutritional status of adolescent girls in the Rohingya community in Bangladesh" at the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)…

Dr. Moni Ahmadian, D.M.D and Dr. Tushar Kakkar D.M.D (both Dental) co-authored and presented an abstract titled, "Diffuse Spongiotic Gingival Hyperplasia: Report of a Rare Case and Review of the Literature," as a poster in 2025 annual meeting of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (AAOMP) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr.…

Deborah Kuhls (Medicine), who serves as professor and chief of the Acute Care Surgery Division and associate dean of Research, received the Nevada Public Health Associations' Public Health Advocate Award on April 9, 2025 in recognition of her exceptional contributions to public health. This honor reflects her unwavering commitment and…

Minnie Wood (Nursing) has been named the 2025 Public Health Hero by the Southern Nevada Health District for her contributions to creating a healthier, more resilient community. Wood works with several community partners and has collaborated with the health district on various projects to survey and educate the community. She will be recognized at…

Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a poster titled, “A qualitative interpretive approach to examine different aspects of experiential learning in public health students" at the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Annual Conference held at Long Beach,…

Bob Rakosi, Jera Davis, Jordan Miller, Henry Krasner, Kavita Batra, Sukanta Maitra and Allison McNickle (all Medicine) co-authored a study entitled  "CT vs MRI C-Spine Imaging for C-Spine Clearance in Obtunded Patients in Low-Energy Trauma Mechanisms" published in the American Surgeon.

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 the concept of self-sabotage and offers a few tips for recognizing and preventing self-defeating behavior.