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Notable: UNLV Women's Council
The UNLV Women's Council is pleased to announce that it raised over $300 for the UNLV Food Pantry and collected three trunk loads during its 2nd Annual Season’s Eatings donation drive. The Women's Council would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who generously supported this initiative. The contributions helped ensure that…
Published: John M. Bowers
John M. Bowers (English) has published his article, “The Myth of the Poor, Homeless Poet: Revising the Chaucer Biography,” in Chaucer Review 61 (January 2026): 1-21.
Accreditation: College of Education; Human Services Degree Program
The Council of Standards in Human Service Education, the national accrediting body for human services degree programs, recently approved the accreditation of UNLV’s bachelor’s degree in the field. According to the council, the program, housed within the College of Education features a well-aligned, practice-focused curriculum, highly…
Published: Louisa Messenger
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Global Health) coauthored an article titled, “The effectiveness of long-lasting spatial repellent emanators against malaria in humanitarian crisis settings in northern Nigeria: a two-arm pragmatic, open-label, controlled trial,” in The Lancet’s Infectious Diseases journal, in association with researchers from…
Published: Margarita Jara Yupanqui
Margarita Jara Yupanqui (World Languages and Cultures) served as the lead editor of the Letras volume published by the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Lima, Peru), titled "Amazonian Spanish: Studies on the Diversity of Contacts in the Amazon, Toward a Regional Contextualization and the Delimitation of Monolingual Dialects."  This…
Published: James W. Navalta
James Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and collaborators recently published in the Journal of Personalized Medicine. The article, titled "Long COVID Does Not Impair Hemodynamic, Vascular, or Autonomic Responses to Maximal Exercise: Sex-Stratified Study in Young Adults," reveals how physically active adults are largely protected…
Notable: Ryan Jannoud, Eileen Enriquez, Gwen Metcalf
UNLV School of Medicine students helped advance state policy at the 2025 Nevada State Medical Association (NSMA) Annual House of Delegates with the adoption of Resolution E23, Address Public Health Risks of Online Sports Betting. The resolution was led by Ryan Jannoud, with coauthors Eileen Enriquez and Gwen Metcalf (all Medicine). The policy…
Presentation: Kristen Keach
Kristen Keach (Art) presented the paper, "Re-imagining Language Pedagogy: Critical Perspectives on AI Integration," at the 2026 Modern Language Association Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada.
Presentation: Julian Kilker, Yvonne Houy
Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) and Yvonne Houy (Fine Arts) presented at the University of Amsterdam’s December 2025 GenAI & Creative Practices: Past, Present, and Future conference, as part of that university’s innovative "Responsible Digital Transformations" initiative. The research panel focused on international partnerships to…

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