James Woodbridge (Philosophy) has his article (co-authored with Bradley Armour-Garb of SUNY-Albany), "The 'Unacceptability' of Alethic Nihilism," published (online first) by the journal, Analysis, on Sept. 30, 2026.

Allison Sahl (Faculty Affairs) has been selected to serve on the 2027 Annual Faculty Affairs Retreat (AFAR) Planning Committee through the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). The planning committee develops programming for the annual retreat, which brings together faculty affairs professionals from public research…

Klaus Ladstaetter (philosophy) presented a paper, “This Is So,” at the 47th International Wittgenstein Symposium in Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, hosted by the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. The paper will be published in the Proceedings of the International Wittgenstein Symposia by De Gruyter.

Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine) has been selected as the runner-up for the 2026 Delta Omega Award for Innovative Public Health Curriculum for the course “HED 720: Program Planning and Grant Writing in Health Promotion,” which he modified to meet the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) competencies and taught in spring 2026…

Alanna Bitzel (Writing Center) was appointed to the editorial board of the NACADA Journal, the biannual refereed publication for NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising. The journal advances scholarly discourse on the research, theory, and practice of academic advising in higher education. Bitzel's three-year term runs from this fall…

Assistant Professor Renata Fernandes Guzzo (Hospitality) is the author of a recent article, "The circular economy advantage: unpacking the effects of hotel employees' involvement in circular economy initiatives," published in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights. Drawing from social cognitive theory (SCT), this study explains how…

Assistant professor Jung-Hwa Kim (Architecture) and students Jacel Zers Avila (Landscape Architecture, '25) and Adam King (Landscape Architecture, '27) received a 2026 Historic Preservation Award in the Historical Project category from the City of Reno Historical Resources Commission. The award recognizes their 2025 HALS (Historic American…

Savannah Baltera (Enrollment Management), Karen Violanti (Student Success), Al Hastings (UNLV Online), Alyssa Hill (UNLV Online) presented at the 2026 Students in Transition conference (hosted by the National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition) on Sept. 30. The presentation, titled "Reimagining High-…

Gerilyn Slicker, Joseph Morgan, and Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education Department) were awarded a research practice partnership grant ($400,000) from the Spencer Foundation, titled Meeting Diverse Child and Family Needs through Innovative Early Childhood Educational Services: A Research-Practice…