Paul Schollmeier (Philosophy) presented his paper, “Happiness and Nothingness,” during the quinquennial meeting of the World Congress of Philosophy this past month at Sapientia University in Rome. The paper examines the limits of human knowledge and their implications for human welfare.   

Professor Alyssa Crittenden (Anthropology; Graduate College), vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate College, was the focus of a research spotlight piece for for Nature, in a story titled, "An ethical way forward for Indigenous microbiome research." Crittenden's work on biomedical research ethics was highlighted,…

Michelle Tusan's (History) book, The Last Treaty, was featured on the New Books Network. The interview is available online.

Annie Vong (Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West), Zachary Billot (Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West), and Nicole Dias Del Valle (Political Science; Philosophy Law & Justice; Brookings Public Policy) recently co-authored a Brookings Institution blog post titled, "Youth voices in the 2024 election: What students want to see on the…

Kathy Callahan (World Languages and Cultures, German Studies) received a grant from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany for its “Germany on Campus” initiative. The grant will be used to showcase academic and economic partnerships between Germany, Nevada and UNLV through a series of events to be held October 8-10. The upcoming events…

Bailey M Way, Todd Jennings, & Shane Kraus Members of the (all Psychology) recently published several works.  The first paper, "Age Verification to Access Online Pornography: An Unproven Strategy With Untested Repercussions" was published in Sex Offender Law Report.  The second paper "Evaluating the factor structure and…

Nicole Short (Psychology) was awarded an Early Career Research Grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention entitled "Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among Women Sexual Assault Survivors: A Proof-of Concept and Feasibility Study" ($139,728). This funding will help her to investigate and identify risk factors for suicidal thoughts and…

Ben Farrer (Political Science) published "Assessing how energy companies negotiate with landowners when obtaining land for hydraulic fracturing" in Nature: Energy. The article shows the different tactics used by energy companies in order to get permission to begin horizontal drilling. More details are provided in some media coverage.

The UNLV Rebels R.I.S.E. Program was selected as a recipient of the 2024 John N. Gardner Institutional Excellence for Students in Transition Award by the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. This award recognizes institutions that have designed and implemented outstanding collaborative initiatives to…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) co-authored the article, "Taiwanese Support for Self-Defense after the Russo–Ukrainian War," in Asian Survey. In this article, Wang and others analyzed the a series of representative surveys in Taiwan right before and after the 2022 Russo-Ukraininan War, and found that Taiwanese people polarized…

Associate professor Rochelle Hines (Psychology) was awarded a renewal NIH R15 grant through the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) for a project titled, "Early GABAergic signaling influences axon morphology and cortical cell polarity." Hines is the graduate coordinator and associate director for the interdisciplinary…

Robert Futrell (Sociology) recently co-authored an article in the Annual Review of Sociology titled: "How Threat Mobilizes the Resurgence and Persistence of US White Supremacist Activism: The 1980s to the Present." The review asesses micro, meso, and macro-level research on white supremacist activism to explain analytic commonalities and…