Jason Steffen (Physics and Astronomy) gave a public lecture as part of the science series for the Goettingen Literary Festival in Germany. This invitation was for his book "Hidden in the Heavens" about NASA's Kepler mission. The festival spans two weeks in October and November. Several dozen speakers, including journalists, athletes, authors,…

Reimund Serafica, Andrew Thomas Reyes (both Nursing), Francisco Sy (Public Health), and their co-authors from Veteran's Affairs Long Beach Health Care System, CA, University of Texas Health, Houston, TX, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, and University of California, Irvine, CA, received the 2024 Journal of Transcultural Nursing Best…

Katherine Walker (English) presented a paper at the Sixteenth Century Society Conference titled "Tamburlaine and the Reshaping of the Landscape." The essay studies early modern geology and land mass formations and considers how the dramatist Christopher Marlowe incorporated emergent scientific ideas into his epic tragedy. 

Michael Brown, David Damore, and William Brown (The Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West) author "Understanding Film Tax Credits in Nevada and Nationally," a recently published policy primer that provides an overview of Nevada’s transferable tax credit program for film and other productions, including the program’s legislative history and…

Samantha Godbey and Xan Goodman (both Libraries) presented a workshop on "AI Literacy and Your Information Literacy Teaching Practice" at the 2025 European Conference on Information Literacy in Bamberg, Germany.

Samantha Godbey and Starr Hoffman (both Libraries) presented on "Global Publication Patterns in Information Literacy Research, 2020-2024" at the 2025 European Conference on Information Literacy in Bamberg, Germany.

Professor Daniel Chi (Finance) recently presented his research paper, "Information Cost and Information Choice: Evidence from a Broadband Shock," at the annual conference of the Financial Management Association International.  The paper was a semi-finalist for the best paper award.  FMA International is the largest finance academic and…

Hal Berghel (Computer Science) published an article titled, "A Generative AI Perspective on the Turing Test: Passed but Not Vindicated," in the current issue of IEEE Computer. In this article Berghel argues that while it seems clear that generative artificial intelligence has passed the Turing test, it does not follow that GenAI has demonstrated…

Professor Joe Regalia (Law) presented a webinar for the State Bar of Nevada on "Skills and Strategies for Using AI in Your Legal Practice Today."