Bailey Way and Shane Kraus (both Psychology), along with their colleagues, have recently completed a comprehensive landscape scan titled The Landscape of Pornography Use by Men in the United States. This work is now published online as part of an ongoing, grant-funded project supported by the American Institute for Boys and Men. Both the executive…

Alanna Bitzel (Writing Center) continues her leadership in the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). Bitzel, the Writing Center's assistant director, was elected this March to be one of four cluster representatives for NACADA's Advising Community Division. Her term begins at the conclusion of the association's 2026 Annual…

​The UNLV School of Dental Medicine selected Dr. Tanya Al-Talib as the new director of its Orthodontic Residency Program. Al-Talib earned her doctorate of dental surgery and completed an AEGD residency at Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, and began her career in clinical practice before joining…

UNLV Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate College, Alyssa Crittenden, has been appointed to serve as Chair-Elect of the Graduate Education affinity group within the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities. In this role, Crittenden will help guide national efforts to strengthen graduate education across…

Amanda Koziura (Libraries) has been selected as the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Member of the Week for the week of March 23, 2026. Koziura is the head of Scholarly Communication and Data Services in the Libraries. 

Benjamin Edwards (Law) participated in a panel discussion at the KPMG Board Leadership Conference entitled, "In Competition: Delaware v. Texas v. Nevada."  

Tom Romero (Law) presented for the UNLV Environmental Studies Collective on "The Transnational Color of Water: An examination of race, law, and migration in the arid-metropolitan Australia and the United States."

UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law has secured a historic first: the establishment of an endowed scholarship created by a Native American nonprofit organization. The Tribal Leadership Council Endowment, developed in partnership with the Indian Nations Gaming and Governance Program, will support Tribal citizens pursuing law degrees and marks a…

Dr Vivek Pamulapati (Surgery; Medicine) presented a quickshot titled, "Unplanned Extubation in Critically Ill Trauma Patients: Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes," at the 2026 Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress in Chicago, Illinois. This study evaluated the risk factors and morbidity associated with self-extubation in…