David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on Informed Informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post uses the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to explore what we can do when asking a question or seeking more information can make things worse.  For more information about…

Robert Futrell (Sociology) recently co-authored an article in the Annual Review of Sociology titled: "How Threat Mobilizes the Resurgence and Persistence of US White Supremacist Activism: The 1980s to the Present." The review asesses micro, meso, and macro-level research on white supremacist activism to explain analytic commonalities and…

Lung-Chang Chien and formal doctoral student Leigh Ann Richardson (both Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-authored “Short-term associations between precipitation and gastrointestinal illness-related hospital admissions: A multi-city study in Texas,” which published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. The study conducted a…

Emerita professor Ann McGinley (Law) was a guest on the AccelPro Employment Law podcast speaking about Religious Accommodations in the Dobbs Era.

Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute) presented a poster at Ai4 2024 at the MGM Grand August 13-14. The poster highlights Ghaharian’s first of its kind work on AI Ethics in the gambling sector. Ai4 is the world’s largest gathering of artificial intelligence leaders in business. 

Bianca Ionescu, Christian Rodriguez, Arturo Roman, and Ashley Hernandez (all Information Systems and UNLV Cyber Clinic), had the opportunity to meet with The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) while they were in town for multiple cybersecurity/hacker conferences taking place in Las Vegas. They joined additional UNLV Cyber…

Helen J. Wing (Life Sciences) received a new NIH award — a diversity supplement to support the training of Ph.D. candidate Elizabeth Huezo. The award (totaling $149, 536) will supplement Wing's active R15-05 award and runs until the end of the current project period (November 2026).

Renato M. Liboro, Lianne Barnes, Sherry Bell, Brandon Ranuschio (all Psychology), Jennifer Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health), recently published a peer-reviewed article in the Social Sciences journal entitled, "Lifetime Experiences of Housing Insecurity among Gay Men Living with HIV at…

Karl Aharonian, Henry Krasner, Jeffrey Martin, Kavita Batra, Meher Yepremyan (all Medicine) presented a poster of their study entitled "Climate and Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: A Comprehensive Review" at the Global Ophthalmology Summit held in Portland, Oregon.   Aharonian, Krasner,  Martin are third year medical students and…