Postdoctoral scholars Marta Plominska and Dawid Mzyk (Fine Arts) were invited to present at the Florida Flute Festival in Orlando this weekend. Their performance featured the composition, "Wail," by American composer Nicole Chamberlain for flute and trombone, contributing significantly to their ongoing postdoctoral research. Notably, Chamberlain…

Professor Nancy Rapoport (Law), along with Andrew M. Perlman and Melissa B. Shultz, co-authored and published the first edition of PracticePerfect Professional Responsibility. The book is an interactive study aid to explain commonly encountered legal doctrines through easy-to-understand animated videos, illustrative examples,…

On January 25, professor Kathy Stanchi (Law) was invited to speak to 67 Canadian justices and judges on Cognitive Bias and Judging as part of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice annual Seminar on Personal Prejudices and Cognitive Biases.

Professor Francine Lipman (Law) was recently named as one of the 50 most downloaded US Tax Law Professors of 2023. 

Taylor Flaherty and Jennifer Byrnes (both Anthropology) published an article titled, "Technical Note: Individuals identified by radiographic comparison: A sample of demographics and the region of body used for identification in Clark County, Nevada, USA (2017–2020)," in Forensic Science International.

Katherine Gaddis, Katharine Woollen, Liam Johnson, Taylor Flaherty, and Jennifer Byrnes (all Anthropology) published a new article titled, "A structural vulnerability approach to older adult suicides: Trends and potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Clark County, NV (2017–2021)." This paper was published in Forensic Science…

Timothy Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health), Andrea Lopez (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Ying Guo (Environmental and Occupational Health) published an article on "Development and preliminary validation of the positive consequences of cannabis (PCOC) scale" in the journal Addictive Behaviors. The goal of the study was to develop and test…

Ph.D. student Aaron Colleta (Public Policy and Leadership) has been honored as a Founders' Fellow by the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) this year. The Founders' Fellows program is designed to support and advance the next generation of public service leaders, providing significant professional development opportunities. Aaron…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the official blog of UNLV's Ombuds Office, featuring three more takeaways from the recently released UNLV Ombuds Office 2023 Annual Report.  For more information about the Ombuds Office, please visit its website.