Shih-Chun "Steven" Chien (Law) delivered an invited lecture at National Chengchi University College of Law in Taiwan titled "Ethical Challenges in Citizen Judge Trials: A Comparative Perspective from U.S. Criminal Trials." Speaking as part of a legal ethics lecture series, Professor Chien examined the new ethical dilemmas facing judges under…

Danielle Finn (Law) moderated the session "Sacred Waters: Tribal Water Rights and the Fight for Sovereignty and Sustainability" at the 3rd Annual Tribal Leadership Conference.

Daniel Chi (Finance) was featured in a recent article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal on his role in advancing financial literacy education for Nevadans. The article also mentioned Chi’s second mission: to help turn the Las Vegas Valley, long heavily reliant on tourism and gaming to power its economy, into a financial hub. Chi recently…

Citlalli Ochoa (Law) presented at the 2026 Law and Society Association Annual Meeting. She participated in a roundtable discussion titled, “From Non-Extractivism to Transformation: Reimagining Engaged Ethnography for Sociolegal Research with Contemporary Social Movements,” and served as a discussant for the "Identities at Work" paper session.

Benjamin Edwards (Law) was a panelist for a webinar entitled, "The Biggest D&O Themes of 2026: Disruption (AI, Regulation and Corporate Law)."

Benjamin Edwards (Law) was a panelist for a webinar entitled, "The Biggest D&O Themes of 2026: Disruption (AI, Regulation and Corporate Law)."

Christopher D. E. Willoughby (African American & African Diaspora Studies/Interdisciplinary, Gender & Ethnic Studies) was featured on the Massachusetts Historical Society's podcast "Historians & their Histories." For this podcast, Willoughby discussed his journey as a historian and scholar in African American Studies, as well as his…

Margaret McMullin (Psychology), a former UNLV Ph.D. student, Nathan Higgins (Psychology), a UNLV former post-doctoral fellow, Rohit Kumar from Johns Hopkins University, Mounya Elhilali from Johns Hopkins University, and Joel Snyder (Psychology) have published 'Object and setting identification in natural auditory scenes' in a special issue of…

Joseph Kevin Sebastian (Libraries) is the recipient of the Libraries' 2026 Innovative Solutions and Customer Service Award. He received the award for his work in developing the Libraries' GEM (Gather, Evaluate, Make) Microcredential Series, which reimagined the traditional one-shot library instruction session into a flexible, skills-based…