UNLV School of Medicine students helped advance national public health policy at the 2025 American Medical Association (AMA) Annual House of Delegates, where policy H-95.895, Opposing the Use of Harm Reduction Items as Evidence of Exchanging Sex for Money, was formally adopted. Led by Mira Dani, with co-authors Nataliyah Tahir and Linsey Golding (…

Alanna Bitzel (Writing Center) co-authored "Beyond the Practice: The Case for Advising Authorship" with two colleagues from Virginia Tech: Sarah Bechtel and Melissa Cumbia. The article was recently published, appearing in the December 2025 edition of Academic Advising Today (AAT), the quarterly electronic publication (e-zine) of …

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on Informed Informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post, based on an experience at a recent UNLV men's basketball game, explores one of the biggest fundamentals that many of us botch.   

Benjamin Edwards (Law) was honored with the 2025 Pat Sadler Distinguished Service Award from the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association (PIABA). The award recognizes remarkable, long-term contributions to advancing and protecting the interests of public investors in securities and commodities arbitration. Edwards currently serves as Vice…

Dr. Jyoti Mago (Dental) and Dr. Manoj Sharma (Public Health) presented “Oral Health Care in the Geriatric Population: An Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist’s Perspective” at Smiles for Life, in collaboration with the Aging and Public Life Section of the American Public Health Association annual meeting. Doctor of Dental Surgery student Srivainavi…

Lori Johnson (Law) was named to the inaugural cohort of the UNLV Chairs’ Leadership Development Program by the Office of Faculty Affairs.

Nancy Rapoport (Law) co-presented a CLE entitled “Fueling Legal Growth with AI and Analytics” with Joseph Tiano and Lana Manganiello for the National Academy of Continuing Legal Education (NACLE).

Lori Johnson (Law) was named the new Co-Editor of the SSRN Law & Rhetoric eJournal. 

Richard Rosenkranz (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences) recently collaborated with an international group of experts to publish CONsensus-based Process evaluation reporting guideline for public HEalth intervention Studies (CONPHES) conducted alongside an effectiveness trial: an e-Delphi study in the journal BMJ Open.