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,…

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…

Iesha Jackson (Teacher Education), Catharine Lory (Special Education), Vanessa Nunez (Sociology), and Camisha Fagan (Sociology) coauthored an article titled, “(Em)bracing ourselves: Women of Color in the academy supporting each other through troubling times,” in Current Issues in Education. The article emphasizes the importance of cultivating…

Gary Totten (Faculty Affairs) attended the Modern Language Association annual convention in Toronto, Canada, and presented a paper, "The Rhetoric of the Leadership Pipeline," as part of a panel on the Rhetoric of Academic Leadership. In the paper, he discussed ongoing development by the Office of Faculty Affairs of various leadership programs at…

Danica G. Hays, Ph.D., (Education) and colleagues have been selected as the 2025-2026 recipient of the Chi Sigma Iota International Outstanding Research Award for their scholarship on social determinants of mental health and counseling practice. The research was published in the Journal of Counseling & Development in 2025.  

Professors Amanda Belarmino, Chris Cain, and Junghoon Lee (all Hospitality) recently published their paper, "Tee at two: examining the antecedents of willingness-to-pay for tee times at a resort golf course," in the Journal of Sport & Tourism. In this study, they examined different aspects of the golf course experience and found that…

The UNLV Women's Council is pleased to announce that it raised over $300 for the UNLV Food Pantry and collected three trunk loads during its 2nd Annual Season’s Eatings donation drive. The Women's Council would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who generously supported this intitiative. The contributions helped ensure that…

John M. Bowers (English) has published his article, “The Myth of the Poor, Homeless Poet: Revising the Chaucer Biography,” in Chaucer Review 61 (January 2026): 1-21.