Vidhani S. Goel (Public Health) was awarded the Best Poster Presentation in Health & Natural Sciences & Engineering at the Office of Undergraduate Research Spring 2026 Symposium. An undergraduate researcher with an extensive scholarly record, she has authored nearly 15 publications and delivered close to 50 research presentations, and…

Rosa M. Mendez, Kaitlin Hock, Glendell de Guzman, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) published an abstract in Obstetrics & Gynecology examining a protocol to improve follow-up care after abnormal Pap smear results in an underserved population. The intervention improved result upload rates, reduced time to patient notification, and shortened…

Joe Regalia (Law) presented at the 2026 Nevada District Court Judges Seminar on "The Ethics of AI for Judges."

Nancy Rapoport (Law) and Joseph Tiano's new book, A Short & Happy Guide to Artificial Intelligence and Legal Ethics, was published by West Academic.

Maryam Ahranjani (Law) was the keynote speaker for the Virgin Islands High School Moot Court Competition. Her talk was entitled, Balancing Students' Privacy and Safety Under the Fourth Amendment in the Age of Social Media.

Sara Hunt, Sarah Hartzell, Aileen Lovitt, Jill Manit, Yuhan Bi, Roberta Miranda, and Ashley Noel Pruitt, all members of the Behavioral Health Education, Retention, and Expansion Network of Nevada (BeHERE NV; Medicine), presented at the 2026 Nevada Public Health Association (NPHA) Annual Conference on April 21, 2026. Sarah Hartzell, regional…

Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez (Journalism and Media Studies), with co-authors Ariadne Gonzalez, Di Mu, Marcela Moran, and Cindy Salazar-Collier (all Texas A&M International University), earned the Top Paper Award in the Health Communication Interest Group at the 2026 Central States Communication Association. The paper was titled, "From Focus Groups…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a presentation about his recent article, "Canines: Enforcing Race and State," during the 2026 Organization of American Historians annual conference. His presentation was part of a panel analyzing the role of animals in historical records, based upon a forum published by the…

Rebecca Rice (Communication Studies) published "High Reliability Organizations" in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication.