The UNLV School of Public Health published the latest episode of its podcast, "So, You Want to Change the World?" Hosted by Dean Shawn Gerstenberger, this month's guests were Julie Murray and Janna Velasco from Hope Means Nevada, an organization that is working locally to engage young people around mental health and eliminating teen suicide.…

Manas Yogendra Agrawal (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences) in Janice M. Pluth’s (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) lab has been inducted into the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS), the nation’s largest leadership honor society. He was invited to join in recognition of his leadership and service to UNLV, including his work on…

Rene Tanner (Libraries) co-authored “Beyond Books: How Public and Academic Libraries in the United States Fight Food Insecurity” with Nardia Cumberbatch. Drawing on research involving 55 library professionals, the article examines how libraries address food insecurity through services such as food pantries, meal programs, and seed libraries, and…

Van “DocDoc” Whaley (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) presented The GRATE Plan at the 2026 Western Society for Kinesiology and Wellness (WSKW) Annual Conference to support the theme Connected in Motion. Based on his book, the presentation engaged approximately 100 attendees in exercises and movement activities and showed them how to adapt…

Hyelin Kim (Hospitality) coauthored a study published in the Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing that examines the key attributes shaping tourists’ cognitive image of conflict-ridden destinations, using the Korean Demilitarized Zone as a case study. The results highlight the greater importance of structural factors, particularly…

Hikmet Loe (Art) served as juror for two art organizations this fall: she was invited to jury the new hybrid art form category for Friends of Great Salt Lake annual "Alfred Lambourne Prize" (Salt Lake City); and was curator and juror for the Clark County Public Arts exhibition "Desert Pools" held at Winchester Dondero Cultural Center in Las Vegas.

Amruta Godbole (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) presented her research titled "Associations of Prenatal and Childhood polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) with Kidney Function at Age 12" at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Nevada Chapter of the American Statistical Association.

Jeffrey T. Child (Communication Studies) recently had an encyclopedia entry accepted for publication in the second edition of the International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy about Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theory. The entry describes the propositions, scope, and state of research utilizing CPM as a framework to…

Danielle Finn (Law) presented at the Tribal Leadership Council and KOSO Strategies' Tribal Governance Professional Certificate Program at Morongo Casino & Resort on "Sovereignty: The Protector Hat."