Fabian Vargas Rowan, a prospective Ph.D. student at UNLV, has been awarded the 2026 U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Beginning in fall 2026, he will join Yan Zhou’s group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy to work on developing novel quantum sensors aimed at probing fundamental symmetry breaking and exploring…

Adjoa Mensah (Online Education), Tina Vo (Teaching and Learning), and David Ko (Teaching and Learning) presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2026 Annual Meeting. Adjoa presented research examining K–8 science teachers’ ICT planning and implementation practices using the PIC-RAT framework to understand technology…

On April 8, 2026, Bridget K. Daleiden (Educational Psychology) presented “'Easily Distracted': A Thematic Analysis of College Students’ Attentional Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulated Learning” in a paper session on motivation, belonging, and help-seeking at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. The…

Dr. Vishisht Mehta (Medicine) published an invited editorial in CHEST titled, "The Second Multicenter Intrapleural Sepsis Trial Dosing Regimen of Intrapleural Enzyme Therapy Remains the Benchmark in Parapneumonic Effusions and Empyema, Even Without Dwell Time." This editorial provided commentary on the underlying paper analyzing the effects of…

Bridget K. Daleiden (Ph.D. Candidate; Educational Psychology) presented her research on music and self-regulated studying in an invited roundtable session honoring the legacy of Dr. Barry J. Zimmerman at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA. Daleiden’s research builds on Zimmerman’s…

Ph.D. candidate Renee Olney (Radiochemistry) has been awarded a prestigious fellowship with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). As a member of the Class of 2026-27 NNSA Graduate Fellowship Program (NGFP), Olney will begin a 12-month appointment in Washington, D.C., within the NA-22 Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation…

Danielle Finn, Kathryn Rand, and Steven Light (all Law) presented on "Prediction Markets: A forward-looking Analysis of Key Legal Trends Poised to Influence Tribal Gaming" at the 2026 Tribal Self-Governance Conference. 

On April 8, members of the UNLV Writing Center facilitated a reading club as part of the Online Writing Centers Association (OWCA) 2026 Virtual Event Series. The session was led by three graduate student consultants — Shelbi Fitzpatrick, Miranda Hannasch, and Lacie McEntire — and hosted by assistant director…

Agnes Haynes (Student Success) and Amy Mathis-Leonard (Undergraduate Education and High-Impact Practices) presented at the NSHE Corequisite Conference at UNR where the theme was "Reflect to Connect: Corequisite at Year 5". Agnes and Amy presented the results from their pilot program Common Study Hour in Corequisite Precalculus.