UNLV professor separates fact from fiction on the flu shot, latest rising virus strain
This flu season is shaping up to be among the most severe in years, and doctors say the flu shot, even if it's not a perfect match for the dominant strain, is still the best protection against the virus.
Beyond the To-Do List: How to Master the ADHD Cycle of Procrastination and Hyperfocus
Many people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience a cycle of feeling unable to start a task, then becoming highly productive once they get engaged. It’s a pattern that can feel confusing, frustrating, and isolating, especially when you’re trying to manage the flow of your day.
Judge to Weigh Next Steps in Student Activist Deportations Case
A federal judge in Boston last September issued a landmark ruling that the Trump administration deliberately chilled the speech of international students with a string of targeted arrests intended to “strike fear” in demonstrators and academics critical of Israel’s conduct in Gaza. Now Judge William G. Young will decide what should be done about that violation.
Honors Students Explore Interdisciplinary Future of Hospitality Industry with MGM Resorts
A one-of-a-kind seminar brings UNLV students inside Las Vegas’ most iconic resort properties, giving them access to MGM executives and an inside look at an industry that shapes the region.
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published an article, "U.S.-China Competition for Artificial Intelligence Markets", with RAND Corporation. This article analyzes the global LLM traffic and show that (1) US-based LLM dominance, 93% of global traffic, (2) DeepSeek increased China-based LLM global share from 3% to 13% within one month,…
Presentation: Couple and Family Therapy Program Faculty and Students
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Couple and Family Therapy Program is representing UNLV worldwide. Drs. Sara Jordan and Vaida Kazlauskaite, along with several students from the program, presented at the 2026 Oslo Communication in Healthcare Education and Research (OCHER) Conference in Oslo, Norway.
Their presentations included…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published the article, “Global, regional, and national burden of chronic respiratory diseases and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 1990–2023: A Global Burden of Disease study,” as a senior collaborator in the journal, Nature Medicine (Impact factor 50.0). The study found that globally…
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