François-Nicolas Vozel (World Languages and Cultures) published an essay titled "Under the Cobblestones, Prehistory! Maurice Blanchot, Marguerite Duras, and the Afterlife of May ’68" in Romanic Review 115.1: 190-212 (Columbia University / Duke U.P.).  The essay investigates how Blanchot and Duras experienced May ’68 as a miraculous…

Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) hosted a recruitment symposium on studying abroad to introduce the UNLV School of Public Health in the Department of Statistics at National Taipei University in Taiwan. He also delivered a seminar talk titled "Variable Dimension Reduction Methods in the Next Generation and Application."

Euiseong Ko (Computer Science), Farhad Shokoohi (Mathematical Sciences), and Mingon Kang (Computer Science) published original research titled "SPIN: sex-specific and pathway-based interpretable neural network for sexual dimorphism analysis" in Briefings in Bioinformatics (IF: 9.5). The study proposes a new deep learning-based unified framework,…

On May 31, 2024, Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) addressed nearly fifty graduate students and faculty on the importance of multidisciplinary training of mind in the pursuit of a PhD program at the Mathematics Department of Central University at Tezpur in an eastern state of Assam.  

The associate directors at Student Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), Emily Slife and Erin Williams, recently presented “Critical Incidents on Campus: Responding to Gun Violence” at the Association for the Coordination of Counseling Center Clinical Services (ACCCCS) annual conference held in Las Vegas on May 20-23.  Along with…

Danica G. Hays (Education) co-presented with Jhone Ebert, Nevada Superintendent of Public Instruction and Education alumni, at the U.S. Department of Education Regional Convening to Support State Action to Advance Education Professions in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Their presentation titled, "Innovations in Educator Preparation: NV Forward,"…

Gregory Brown, Kavita Batra, Emily Dorin, Raveena Bakhru, Andrew Han, Arianna Palermini, Robert Sottile, and Sherine Khanbijian (all Medicine) presented a poster of their study, "Comparing AIT and EFT in Reduction of Negative Emotions Associated with a Past Memory: A Randomized Control Study," at the Association of Comprehensive Energy…

Karly Van Holten and Brooklyn Cruz (both Service Learning & Leadership) presented "Empowering Minds: Strategies for Transformative Learning Environment" at the 2024 UNLV Administrative Faculty Development Day. The aim of this workshop was to help educators and youth-facing professionals draw on their own experiences, motives, and…

Aaron Peterson, Philip Borsellino, Ryder Davidson, Edozie Ezeanoloue, Gemma Lagasca, Jared Diaz, Kavita Batra, and Anne Weisman (all Medicine) published a study, "The Effectiveness of Mind-Body Intervention on Psychological Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Pre-Post Interventional Study," in the Healthcare journal. Peterson,…