Zahra Mojtahedi and Pearl Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Ji Yoo (Medicine), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy; Center for Health Disparities Research) recently published "Socioeconomic differences in discharge against medical advice and hospital admission among emergency department visits associated with…

Tiange Xu (International Gaming Institute; Hospitality), Shane Kraus (Psychology), and colleagues recently published a paper, "A longitudinal investigation of sports betting legalization’s influence on problem gambling," in the Addictive Behaviors. This study tracked 112 American sports bettors over two years using a natural experimental design,…

Dean Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) was the moderator for a panel discussion on What's New with the ABA and the Department of Education (or Whatever Replaces It) at the 2025 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Conference. 

Professor Justin Iverson (Law) was elected to serve as the President of the Western Pacific Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). 

Professor Nachman Gutowski (Law) presented on Licensure Reform at the 2025 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Conference.

Professor Ruben J. Garcia (Law) was quoted in the Associated Press on the Culinary Union's coverage of all of the major resorts on the Las Vegas Strip under collective bargaining agreements.

Kavita Batra (Medicine), a global health expert and interdisciplinary researcher, co-authored a landmark study published in The Lancet Global Health in collaboration with the GBD 2023 Kidney Failure with Replacement Therapy (KFRT) Collaborators. The study, “Global, regional, and national prevalence of kidney failure with replacement therapy and…

Darnelle Melvin and Cory Lampert (both Libraries) presented the workshop, From Negatives to Knowledge: Linking Community Archives with RDF, at the LD4 Conference, which explores the ways linked data is being used across libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. The workshop, which attracted more than 190…

Lauren Gatto (Student Success) and Marla Stafford (Marketing and International Business) coauthored an article titled “When Fun Turns Risky,” published in Global Gaming Business Magazine. The article examines the darker side of consumption in cities like Las Vegas, where indulgence, risk, and immersive experiences often converge. The authors…