Maryam Ahranjani (Law) recently spoke at the Boston University Law Review Symposium, The University and Democracy. Her presentation, “Universities as Sanctuaries,” was part of the panel Policing the University and drew from her essay of the same name, published in the Journal of College and University Law.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping modern anesthesia, and two UNLV fourth-year medical students are helping define that future. Rakshita Giri and Shaik Huma Firdhos (both Medicine) from the Class of 2026 published “Artificial Intelligence in Anesthesia: Enhancing Precision, Safety, and Global Access Through Data-Driven Systems” in the…

Barbara Lewis (Healthcare Administration and Policy) presented her research on Evaluating and Measuring the Impact of Patient and Family Advisory Councils at the Institute for Patient and Family Centered Care webinar.

Gabriela Oré Menéndez (Anthropology) published an article in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory titled "Agricultural Infrastructure Detection Through Multispectral Satellite Remote Sensing and PeruSAT-1 Images in Huarochirí, Peru" (2025). In this article, Oré Menéndez develops a systematic methodological approach called "sequential…

Abena Gyawu Owusu Ansah (Social and Behavioral Health) presented on Determinants of Infant Mortality in Two Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Comparative Analysis at the 2025 annual American Public Health Association (APHA) in Washington, D.C. 

Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies), Sarah O'Connell (Theatre), and Yvonne Houy (Fine Arts) participated in the Strengthening Arts-Led Leadership and Partnerships in AI National Summit at AWS Headquarters in National Landing, Arlington, Virginia. Houy was asked to facilitate discussions on strategies for strengthening partnerships…

Sharmistha Roy and Manoj Sharma (both Social & Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “Socioeconomic determinants of child health in urban slums of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional analysis of BMI and associations with parental education, poverty, occupation, and maternal age at birth” in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences in…

Austin Horng-En Wang, Darrell Carter, Naseem Benjelloun, Dhritiman Banerjee, and Sydney Cervantes (Political Science) published an article, "Polarized by moderates", in Social Science Research. This article is a collaboration between faculty and students. This article proposes a new measure in the level of political polarization,…

Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) presented her research, "Mental Health Benefits of Maitri Sambodh Dhyaan (MSD) Meditation for Dementia Caregivers" at Religion, Spirituality, and Aging Interest Group Symposium at the Gerontological Society of America's Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, on Nov. 14, 2025. The presentation was co-authored by Tirth Bhatta (…