Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented comments on the book Matthew Lipman and the Educational Role of Philosophy, co-edited by Megan Laverty and Maughn Gregory, at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, held this year at UNLV.      

Benjamin Leffel's (Public Policy and Leadership) TEDx talk, "Cities & corporations vs. climate," has been published, offering a rethinking of climate action from the bottom-up, and across sectors

Dr. Jill Manit (BeHERE NV; Medicine) received an honorable mention for the UNLV 2026 Community Engagement Award for her community engagement with K-12 schools. Manit oversees BeHERE NV's outreach to youth, including students in three Human and Social Services Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs across Nevada, to provide information…

Medical resident Dr. Jaineet Chhabra (Family and Community Medicine) was featured in the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine's MarshallMedicine magazine as part of the alumni spotlight. This article highlights his journey into sports medicine, and the work he has been fortunate to pursue during residency at the…

Sarah Surrain (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), along with colleagues, published the article, "A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Evaluating Perceptions of Bilingualism Among Latino Parents of Autistic Children" in First Language. 

Competing against teams from organizations across the Las Vegas Valley, UNLV’s Trivia Team earned a third-place medal as part of the 2026 City of Las Vegas Corporate Challenge on March 14. Team members included co-captain Amy Stone (Medicine), GK Nwosu (Academic Effectiveness), Katherine Manifold (Libraries), Jeremy Bart-Plange (Facilities), Beth…

The Nevada Taxpayers Association (NTA) voted to welcome Constance Brooks Johnson (Government and Community Engagement) to its Board of Directors. Her appointment is for a three-year term, ending Dec. 31, 2028. As a member of the NTA Board of Directors, Brooks Johnson will play a vital role in shaping the organization’s work and establishing…

Several faculty members from the William S. Boyd School of Law’s Lawyering Process program held key committee roles for the Rocky Mountain Regional Legal Writing Conference: Lori Johnson (Law) served on the Conference Committee, Suzanna Geiser (Law) on the Site Committee, and Rebecca Scharf (Law) on the Program Committee.

Nancy Rapoport (Law) and Joseph R. Tiano Jr. presented a live webinar on Ethical Pricing in the AI Era: Fees, Professional Responsibility, and the Future of the Law Firm Business Model for wickard.ai.