Hikmet Loe (Art History) moderated a community panel on the occasion of the exhibition "Salt Lines: Exploring Climate, Environment, and the Saline Influx" at Southern Utah Museum of Art, Southern Utah University. Engaging experts in art, Indigenous leaders, and environmental activists, the panel discussed environmental crisis in the Great Basin…

Daniel Allen (Psychology) was awarded $399,662 from Nevada Department of Health and Human Services and SAMHSA for the CHARGE UP program which provides coordinated specialty care treatment services to adolescents and young adults who are at high risk for developing a schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorder.

Professor Marketa Trimble (Law) submitted comments to the EU Commission in response to its call for evidence about the EU Geoblocking Regulation. 

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Advancing Telemedicine Adoption: Insights from Health Behavior Models with a Focus on the Multi-Theory Model,” in the Journal of Public Health in the Deep South with coauthors from Louisiana State University, Florida State University, Midwestern…

Alireza Rezaee and Asma Tahir (both Environmental and Occupational Health) from the UNLV Pollen Lab presented a poster titled, “Annual Comparison Of Ragweed Pollen Concentrations In Las Vegas And Jean From 2019-2023,” at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology conference in San Diego, California, on March 2, 2025.

Dan Bubb (Honors College) and Todd Yeary (Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Control Specialist, Air Traffic Controller in Chicago) were invited to be on National Public Radio, Detroit to talk about air travel safety.

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored a paper titled, “Gestational PBDE concentrations and executive function in adolescents with self- and caregiver-report: The HOME study," in the journal Environmental Research, along with researchers from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Rhode Island, Georgia and Canada. The paper studied the adverse…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) was invited by the Center for Taiwan Studies at the University of Texas at Austin to have a talk on March 3, titled "Willingness to Fight in Asymmetric Wars." In this talk, Wang explains the psychological mechanisms behind the willingness to fight, especially when the cost and risk are high. Wang…

Daniel Allen (Psychology) was awarded $1,297,604 from Nevada Department of Health and Human Services for the POWER program which provides coordinated specialty care services for adolescents and adults who have recently begun to experience symptoms of bipolar and related disorders.