Jenna Weglarz-Ward, associate professor, and Turia Penkalski, doctoral student, (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented their recent research findings related to professional requirements and recommendations for IDEA Part C special instructors and service coordinators along with colleagues Maryssa Mitsch (UNLV Alumni…

Melissa Yarczower and Jenna Weglarz-Ward (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented a poster at the recent 39th Division for Early Childhood's Annual International Conference on Young Children with Disabilities and their Families. Their poster titled, "How Professionals Are Prepared in Social, Emotional, and Behavior…

Professor Marketa Trimble (Law) and Paul Goldstein co-authored a separate volume to their International Intellectual Property Law casebook titled, International and Comparative Copyright Law: Cases and Materials.   

Professor Joe Regalia (Law) presented at the Legal Writing Institute's one-day workshop at Stetson University College of Law on "Generative AI in Practice: How Legal Teams and Organizations Are Using, and Will Be Using, GAI to Do More."

Assistant professor Rebecca Rice (Communication Studies) received a top paper award for her paper, "How will Climate Change Change Organizing? An Exploratory Study of How Emergency Organizations Frame Climate Change," from the Western States Communication Conference. 

Dr. Ben Barborka (Dental) earned "Diplomate" status (board certification) with the American Board of Endodontics after successfully completing a rigorous three-part examination comprising a written portion, an oral portion, and a case submission portfolio. Only 23 percent of endodontists nationwide become board certified, and Barborka is the first…

UNLV School of Dental Medicine received a grant of nearly $182,000 from the State of Nevada Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Health Care Financing and Policy to expand the Seal Nevada South program through June 30, 2024. Seal Nevada South offers oral health education, oral hygiene instruction, oral health screenings, dental…

Christy Strong and Kurt Regner's (both Life Sciences) published "The Complete genome sequences of cluster F1 and cluster B1 Mycobacterium smegmatis phages Karhdo and Basato" in Microbial Resource Announcements. The publication includes 24 undergraduate co-authors who were enrolled in Biol 217 Bacteriophage Genomics.

On October 26, Stefano Boselli (Theatre) presented the paper, “The Balcony, The Pope, and The Screens: Jean Genet’s Unsettling Perspectives on the Society of the Spectacle,for the “Drama and Society I” session at the PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association) Conference “Shifting Perspectives” in Portland, Oregon. In his plays The…