The Department of Political Science hosted the 66th Annual Conference of the American Association for Chinese Studies (AACS2024) on October 4-6. The conference covers China, Taiwan, Chinese-speaking communities, and the Chinese diaspora. Scholars and students from Japan, Poland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and other parts of the U.S. attended…

The U.S. Department of Education’s Augustus F. Hawkins Center for Excellence awarded $2,977,816 million to Kenny Varner and Dean Danica G. Hays (both Education). The five-year grant will expand the workforce development efforts through Nevada Forward Initiative at UNLV, specifically addressing Nevada’s teacher shortage. The Hawkins grant is…

Dr. Amy Stone (Medicine) was one of the authors of a published a paper titled "Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 compared to the viral genetic test in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis " in the journal JBI Evidence Synthesis. The journal published an editorial describing its impact …

Hal Berghel (Computer Science) is co-author of a paper titled "Healthy Skepticism," published in the November 2024 issue of IEEE Computer. Berghel and his co-authors emphasize the criticality of healthy skepticism in the project design and implementation of computerized socio-technical systems.

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Children, Borders, and Adultification" at the New Horizons in Justice and Migration International Workshop at KU Leuven in Belgium. She also presented comments on Annamari Vitikainen's paper "LGBTIQ+ Refugees and the Ethics of Forced Displacement".

Andrew Lugg (Political Science) recently published the article "Globaloney: Extended Party Networks and the Dissemination of Anti-Globalization Insults" in the journal Political Research Quarterly with co-author Zachary Scott. The article uses social media data examining the "globalist" insult to show how party-affiliated factions…

Louisa Messenger, Karen Figeruoua Chilito and Richard Oxborough (all Environmental and Occupational Health) coauthored a paper titled “Malaria vector control in sub-Saharan Africa: complex trade-offs to combat the growing threat of insecticide resistance” in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health, in association with Filemon Tokponnon. The paper…

Rei Serafica (Nursing) was honored as a recipient of the 2024 Golden Pearl Award by the Filipino American Heritage Foundation (FAHF) – Nevada. This prestigious award celebrates his unwavering dedication to healthcare, his groundbreaking contributions to the field, and his profound impact on the community. His work as a nurse educator and as a…

John Curry (History) was published in a Book Forum in the online journal Maydan, a publication of the Abu Sulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University. The forum discussed the recent publication of Hayrettin Yücesoy's "Disenchanting the Caliphate: The Secular Discipline of Power in Abbasid…