Benjamin Edwards (Law) participated in a Federalist Society panel at the University of Chicago Law School regarding jurisdictional competition in corporate law. Other featured panelists included Texas Business Court Judge Grant Dorfman and UChicago professor Vince Bucola.
Hyunhwa "Henna" Lee (Nursing) published an article in Clinics and Practice titled, “Pre-Injury Adversity, Functional Recovery, and Salivary microRNA Changes After a Dual-Task Exercise in Asians and Pacific Islanders with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Feasibility Study.” This feasibility study examined a 14-day, brief, home-based dual-task…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) reached the milestone of having published 500 peer-reviewed journal articles. His first peer-reviewed research article was published in 1994, based on his thesis. This gives him an average of publishing 15 articles per year in his research career. However, before 1994, he had a career…
Farhana Khandoker and Manoj Sharma (both Social and Behavioral Health) coauthored an article titled “Applying the multi-theory model of health behavior change to examine depression among adults with type 2 diabetes,” in the journal Healthcare (Impact factor 2.7).
The article reified the framework of Sharma’s multi-theory model (MTM) of health…
Farhana Khandoker (Public Health) published “Applying the Multi-Theory Model of Health Behavior Change to Examine Depression Among U.S. Adults with Diagnosed Diabetes,” a theory-driven, cross-sectional study analyzing nationally representative 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data.
Guided by the Multi-Theory Model of Health…
In a recent episode of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, professor Benjamin Edwards (Law) joined Evan Epstein to discuss the intensifying competition between Delaware, Nevada, and Texas as Nevada rises as a serious contender for reincorporation.
Paul Vincent Ruma (Anthropology) presented at the 2026 European Hip Hop Studies Network Conference, “Things Done Changed,” held March 18-21, 2026, at the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands. His presentation, “There’s No Book: Master Practitioner Publishing as Breaking’s Knowledge Infrastructure,” examined the gap between embodied cultural…
Jennifer Byrnes (Anthropology) co-authored "Buckle Rib Fractures Are More Than a Pleural Surface Phenomenon: A Case Report and Literature Review" in Forensic Anthropology. Drawing on a literature review and a forensic case example, the authors explore how buckle rib fractures are defined and offer recommendations to practitioners for more accurate…
Drew Simshaw (Law) participated in the "AI, Legal Education, and the Practice of Law" panel during IP Day at the University of Montana Alexander Blewett III School of Law.
For his contribution to the On Time exhibition, the video production specialist revisits decades of home videos and reflects on the unexpected journey that brought him to UNLV.
NSHE Regents Appoint Chris Heavey as UNLV President
Heavey, a longtime UNLV faculty member and administrator, was named UNLV's 12th permanent president on Oct. 16 after serving as the university's interim president since April 2025.