Doctoral student Richard "Rich" Chang (Psychological & Brain Sciences) and colleagues presented and led a roundtable discussion, "Using Participatory Action Research to Mentor Students and Establish a Pathway to the Professoriate," at the Association of Asian American Studies Conference in Seattle, Washington, on April 27.…

Professor Courtney Cross (Law) was a workshop speaker for the “Workshop for New Law School Clinical Teachers Welcome” at the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) 2024 Conference on Clinical Legal Education.  

Professor Patience Crowder (Law) is a speaker for “Clinic Design with Critical Theory” at the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) 2024 Conference on Clinical Legal Education.  

The Department of Political Science hosted the conference "A Season of Elections, New (or Renewed) Leadership, and Policy Impacts" on campus on April 26, 2024. The conference is sponsored by Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. Scholars and students from Japan, South Korea, India, Taiwan, UNLV, and other parts of the U.S. attended and presented their…

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-published a paper titled, "Gestational PBDE concentrations, persistent externalizing, and emerging internalizing behaviors in adolescents: The HOME study" in the journal Environmental Research. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are ubiquitous environmental chemicals used as flame retardants in…

Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) was interviewed by Channel 13 about the petition she wrote (with fellow Mount Charleston residents) in an effort to protect the wild horses in Mount Charleston. 

Professor Benjamin Edwards (Law) presented on “Real World Ethical Scenarios in Trusts and Estates Practice” at the 2024 Nevada Trust Conference.  

Karly Van Holten (Service Learning and Leadership; First-Year Higher Ed. Ph.D. student) and Brooklyn Cruz (Nevada Treasurer's Office) presented "I Ain’t One of Your Little Friends…But I Am," an interactive workshop on empowering students through leadership opportunities at the Southern Nevada Black Educators Initiative's "Educators Conference…

Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) accepted an invitation to serve as a seminar speaker during the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology annual meeting where she presented two challenging patient cases of oral manifestations of genetic and systemic diseases. Shah also co-presented an abstract as a poster during the American Academy of Oral…