Bianca Ionescu, Christian Rodriguez, Arturo Roman, and Ashley Hernandez (all Information Systems and UNLV Cyber Clinic), had the opportunity to meet with The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) while they were in town for multiple cybersecurity/hacker conferences taking place in Las Vegas. They joined additional UNLV Cyber…

Stephen M. Miller (Economics and Center for Business and Economic Research) and Yevgeniy Teryoshin (Economics) had a paper published by Economics Letters titled "Income Inequality and Monetary Policy Regimes.” This paper reconsiders the possible effects of monetary policy on income inequality to determine whether monetary policy can indirectly…

Scott Jackson, Truman Rowley, and Aaron Saiewitz (all Accounting) each recently presented research papers at the prestigious International Symposium on Audit Research, held in Boston, Massachusetts. Jackson presented a paper titled, "Psychological Distance and Auditor Assessment of the Severity of an Internal Control Deficiency"; Rowley presented…

Payal Sharma (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) published a paper in MIT Sloan Management Review titled, "How to Come Back Stronger From Organizational Trauma." This was written in the aftermath of the campus shooting. It can be downloaded from the university library's database.

Gabe Berrios (Computer Science), Kaitlin Chan (Computer Science), Carlos Dye (Computer Science; Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology), Victor Fearn (Computer Science), Mitchelle Gonzalez (Computer Science), Leo Menchaca (Computer Science), and Amy Wong (Computer Science) were all appointed to the role of intern with UNLV’s Cyber Clinic.…

Scott C. Jackson (Accounting) and co-authors Blake Steenhoven (Queen's University) and Kristina Rennekamp (Cornell University) recently published their paper, "CEO gender and responses to shareholder activism," in Contemporary Accounting Research, a premier accounting research journal. The study investigates how a CEO’s cooperative or…

Daniel Chi (Finance) recently wrote a guest column for Las Vegas Weekly/Vegas Inc. He explained the phenomenon of inflation and how to protect your wealth from inflation.

Nicholas B. Irwin (Economics) has been appointed as the Research Director at UNLV’s Lied Center for Real Estate. In this role, Irwin will expand the Center’s research program in both the academic and policy arenas. He will also work with Shawn J. McCoy, Lied Center Director, to further enhance Lied’s strong reputation in the state and local…

In Spring 2024, John Starkey's BUS 103-1001 class at UNLV's Lee Business School set an ambitious goal to raise $2,000 for local non-profit organizations in Nevada. The selected organizations include: Friends for Life Humane Society, Tortoise Group, Changing the Narrative Inc., and SouthWest Exotic Avian Rescue. Their dedication and innovative…

Daniel Chi (Finance) recently wrote a guest column for Las Vegas Weekly/Vegas Inc.  He offered advice on building financial resilience: live within your means, save, and invest. Chi also introduced to the community the financial-literacy courses offered at UNLV – FIN 111 and FIN 112. The first covers a broad range of foundational topics; the…

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…

The United States Senate presented John Starkey (Business) with a Certificate of Special Recognition for receiving the 2024 Nevada Regents' Academic Advisor Award from the Nevada System of Higher Education. Starkey won this award, which recognized him at the undergraduate level, for being an outstanding advisor in the state of Nevada within the…