Christy Strong, Ph.D. and Kurt Regner, Ph.D., (both Life Sciences) have a recent publication, "Complete genome sequences of cluster G1 and cluster K4 Mycobacterium smegmatis phages Omnicritical and Barkley26." The publication has 16 UNLV undergraduates as coauthors. The publication will appear in Microbial Resource Announcements.

Andre Chiang, DMA, baritone (Music - Voice Faculty), is performing the role of Il Conte in Le nozze di Figaro in Landlocked Opera’s inaugural collaboration with the Missouri Symphony in Columbia, Missouri. The performances are on Sept. 9 and 10 in the historic Missouri Theatre. During the rehearsal process of the opera, Chiang also gave a lecture…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) has recently been invited to serve on the Cancer, Reproductive, Cardiovascular, and Other Chronic Diseases Prevention (CRC) Cross-Sector Council with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This council addresses many types of health outcomes, including occupational cancers, adverse reproductive outcomes…

Renata F. Guzzo (Hospitality) and her co-authors recently published the article "Should I admit my wrongdoings? Examining Stealing Thunder in the Context of Performance Evaluations," in the International Journal of Hospitality Management. The study study examined stealing thunder – a self-disclosure strategy in which people reveal negative…

Recent published research by Kenneth M. Miller and Tanner Bates (both Political Science), "PACs and January 6th: Campaign Finance and Objections to the Electoral College Vote Count" was covered in the Washington Post article "How Corporate Liberalism is Changing Both Parties." The article discussed Miller and Bates' research on the effect of…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) and Micajah Daniels (Social and Behavioral Health) have authored the article “College Students' Readiness to Change in Physical Inactivity Behavior using Perfection Quotient Behavioral Model” with colleagues from the University of Mississippi, University of Mississippi Medical Center,…

Alissa Cooley and Melissa Corral (both Law) published an article in the Nevada Lawyer about the intersection of Nevada guardianship law with children's immigration status, specifically Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. They are the UNLV Immigration Clinic's managing attorney and deputy managing attorney, respectively.

David Orentlicher (Law) published a commentary, "Accommodating Aid-in-Dying Safeguards for Patients with Neurologic Disease," in the American Journal of Bioethics. 

Farhad Shokoohi (Mathematical Sciences) had his paper titled "Sparse Estimation in Finite Mixture of Accelerated Failure Time and Mixture of Regression Models with R Package fmrs" accepted by "The New England Journal of Statistics in Data Science". The paper focuses on a novel Machine and Statistical learning method for high-dimensional data…