Christina Watanabe (Theatre) is the lighting designer for the world premiere of The Getaway Driver at acclaimed regional theatre Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI. Inspired by the remarkable true story of Katherine Ann Power and Clare Schroeder, The Getaway Driver is a gripping new drama that follows two women…

Danielle Finn (Law) has been selected as one of 10 Women Rising in Gaming by CDC Gaming and Global Gaming Women. She will be recognized alongside her fellow 2026 honorees during G2E Week.

Christina Miskey and Andrea Wirth (both Libraries) recently published an article in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. The article, "Still Adding Value? Assessing the Impact of a Faculty Bibliography" examines their assessment of the UNLV Faculty Bibliography project and shares lessons learned for other librarians to conduct…

Ph.D. student Stephanie A. Torres (Anthropology) published a co-authored case report titled, "An Unusual Taphonomic Case Report of Human Skeletal Remains in an Urban Aqueduct" in the American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology. The case report details the plastic deformation and creep rupture exhibited by remains that were…

Andrea Dassopoulos (International Gaming Institute) presented her research, "Digital Self-Exclusion as Harm Reduction: Engagement, Compliance, and Everyday Use Among BetBlocker Users," at the European Association for the Study of Gambling (EASG) conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 10, 2026. Her work explores how gamblers utilize…

Ph.D. student and graduate research assistant Melissa Swinehart (Computer Science; International Gaming Institute) presented her research, "Detecting Unusual Gambling Transaction Patterns," at the European Association for the Study of Gambling (EASG) conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sept. 9, 2026. Her presentation highlighted advanced methods…

Whitney Koo's (English) second book of poetry, CRY SOWER, won the University of Utah Press' 2026 Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry. Along with a $1,000 award, the book will be published in Spring 2027, and Koo will read for the University of Utah's Guest Writers Series.

Benjamin Edwards (Law) served as a panelist at the American College of Governance Counsel’s 2026 Annual Institute on Corporate Governance, held in New York. He participated in the panel "Current State of Delaware-Nevada-Texas" during the conference, which focused on "Bleeding Edge Issues in Corporate and Securities Law and Governance."

Joseph Lema (Hospitality) presented the World Tourism Cities Development Report (2025–2026) at the opening session of the World Conference on Tourism Cooperation and Development 2026 on September 8, 2026, in Beijing, China. The report systematically assesses 100 representative tourist cities worldwide, covering 70 countries and regions. Lema was…