Professor Francine J. Lipman (Law) coauthored a chapter on tax justice delivered through federal and state tax systems in a book published by the Civil Rights and Social Justice Section of the American Bar Association titled, “The Legal and Social Ramifications of Pandemics on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.” The book is a resource that helps…

Congratulations to the 25 faculty physicians named as "Top Docs" in Desert Companion. Every year, a physician-led team surveys the qualifications of and reviews for a peer-nominated list of practitioners to produce a list of "Top Docs." This year, the faculty physicians named on this prestigious list are: Ovunc Bardakcioglu, MD (…

Nancy Rapaport (Law) will speak at the Fall 2023 ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability National Legal Malpractice Conference in September in Chicago, Illinois. She will present on Cutting Edge Data Analytics – Claims Prediction and more. 

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published the following papers:  The first article (Compulsive sexual behavior disorder in 42 countries: Insights from the International Sex Survey and introduction of standardized assessment tools) was published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions.  The second article (A Network…

David Orentlicher (Law) was appointed by the Uniform Law Commission as the Vice-Chair of its Study Committee. The committee will examine the question whether people born via assisted reproduction should be able to learn the identity of an egg or sperm donor whose donation led to their birth.

Keith Rowley (Law) recently attended the annual meeting of the Uniform Law Commission, where he participated in discussions with the drafting committees of several acts and proposed changes that were incorporated into the texts of the subsequently-approved Uniform Consumer Debt Default Judgments Act, Uniform Restrictions in Land Records Act, and…

Professor Julián Barroso-Merino (World Languages and Cultures Department) presented "Cognitive, metacognitive strategies and processing fluency in acquisition of Spanish vocabulary" during the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese 2023 Conference in Salamanca, Spain, on June 26-29. This case analysis demonstrates that…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the official blog of UNLV's Ombuds Office, about the range of interpersonal, interactive, and interesting workshops that the Ombuds Office offers to campus.  For more information about the Ombuds Office, please visit its website. 

Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) developed and led two continuing education courses during the Academy of General Dentistry annual meeting in July. Her presentations are titled, “The Mouth-Body Connection: Oral Manifestations of Systemic Diseases,” and “What is It and What Do I Do with It: Common Oral Lesions and Their Management.” Shah also organized and…