Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) was an invited presenter at the Desert Studies Institute’s Nov. 5 Curiosity Lab event “The Possible Unknown: Stories about Exploring the Unreachable.” In his Outdoor Night Lab presentation, he showed how the Nevada desert is an ideal environment for research and creative practice with demonstrations of…

West Academic published the second edition of the casebook, Learning Conflict of Laws, co-authored by Thomas Main (Law).

Jeff Stempel (Law) presented on Ethical Considerations for the Gaming Lawyer at the 2025 State Bar of Nevada's Gaming Law Conference.

Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) gave introductions at the 2025 State Bar of Nevada's Gaming Law Conference.

Maryam Ahranjani’s (Law) book, Women in Criminal Law: A Practical Guide for Inclusive and Thriving Workplaces, was published through ABA Book Publishing.

Cynthia Sopko (Brain Health) has been elected to the Statistics and Data Science and Aging Group of the American Statistical Association (ASA), where she will serve as the Membership & Engagement Officer. This achievement reflects Sopko's dedication to advancing statistical practice, fostering community engagement, and supporting innovative…

John Curry (History) presented a paper titled, "Overlooked Contexts: How Shifting Mediterranean Relationships Contributed to the Muradid Wars of Succession," on Nov. 23 at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in Washington, D.C. The paper was part of a broader panel on "Outsiders and Intermediaries in Ottoman Tunis and the…

Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Global Health) and colleagues published an article on "Mild Thermal Inactivation Kinetics of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Sugarcane Juice: Model Validation under Dilution and Acidification Conditions" in the journal Food and Bioprocess Technology. Sugarcane juice represents one of the freshly…

Jessica Teague (English) was recently featured in an SF Gate article that talks about the past and present of the Vegas lounge scene.  “Music is a central part to how this city has conceptualized itself,” Teague said. Historically, jazz has been in Vegas since the city’s infancy, according to Teague: Blues and jazz pianist Jelly…