Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "How Mexico's Forensic Anthropologists Are Resisting Forensic Extractivism" as part of the panel "Social Philosophy in Mexico" organized by the North American Society for Social Philosophy for the Central Division annual conference of the American Philosophical Association. 

Professor Nancy Rapoport's (Law) work and her reputation as an expert in bankruptcy law and ethics was recently cited by the United States Trustee (an arm of the Department of Justice) in a legal argument involving a battle about expert opinions.  

On Feb. 22, Christopher D. E. Willoughby (African American Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender and Ethnic Studies) published a review of the book Searching for Dr. Harris: The Life and Times of a Remarkable African American Physician in The Lancet, one of the world's leading medical journals.

Professor Mary LaFrance (Law) participated in the Contractual Override Workshop at UC Berkeley School of Law earlier this month, where intellectual property scholars engaged in exploratory discussions regarding the increasing use of licensing provisions to eliminate copyright exceptions and limitations.

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored a paper titled “Gestational exposure to environmental chemical mixtures and cognitive abilities in children: A pooled analysis of two North American birth cohorts" in the journal Environmental International, along with researchers from Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Canada. The…

The Cannabis Policy Institute at UNLV was honored to host Congresswoman Dina Titus on February 18 for a cannabis policy roundtable with UNLV researchers and others to discuss top cannabis research and policy issues. Those in attendance included CPI Director, Riana Durrett; Cannabis Economics Group at UC Davis Director, Robin…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) and graduate students, Mohammad Sohail Akhter, Sharmistha Roy, and Refat Srejon (all Social and Behavioral Health), published a paper titled, “Future Issues in Global Health: Challenges and Conundrums,” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Cite…

Pradip K. Bhowmik (Chemistry) was recently (17 December, 2024) honored to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom for his outstanding contributions to chemistry and outstanding services to global scientific community.   

Gregory Brown, Kavita Batra, Emily Dorin, Andrew Han, Arianna Palermini, Robert Sottile, and Sherine Khanbijian (all Medicine) presented their study titled, "Six-Month Follow-Up Comparing AIT and EFT in the Reduction of Negative Emotions Associated with a Past Memory," at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American College of Psychiatrists in…