Hospitality Ph.D. alumnus Dongwon Yun '25 was awarded the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (JHTM) Best Paper Award for his paper with UNLV Hospitality College faculty coauthors, Renata Guzzo and Cass Shum. Their paper on hiring managers’ evaluations of gender-nonconforming applicants found that gender-nonconforming…

Jeffrey Cumming (Brain Health) was the senior author of an article recently published in Lancet Neurology. It is a summary report from a stakeholder meeting to develop a road map for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease. Participants included scientists, clinicians, regulators, and economists. The plan builds on recently approved treatments for…

Hal Berghel (Computer Science) has published an article in the March 2026 issue of IEEE Computer entitled "From Trolls to Edgelords: The Use of Social Media to Support Extreme Ideology" that focuses on sinister, anti-social use of social media platforms to support extremism. Summary data provided by federal law enforcement agencies, the…

Colwin Yee, Hassan Ziada, and Neamat Hassan (all Dental) have published a new peer-reviewed article in Dentistry Journal titled “Effects of At-Home Bleaching on Color Stability and Surface Roughness of Single-Shade, ORMOCER-Based, and Conventional Resin Composites.” The study evaluates how at-home bleaching protocols affect the optical and surface…

Jenna Heath, Ana Patrnogich-Arieli (both Liberal Arts), and Joseph Ervin (Academic Success Center) presented ""High-Impact Practices for a First-Year Seminar Built on College (and Life) Purpose" at the National Conference for National Organization on Student Success in New York City.  

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) participated in an "author meets critics" panel on her book Intimate Borders: Feminist Migration Ethics at the 2026 American Philosophical Association Central Division meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Her commentators included José Jorge Mendoza from University of Washington, Allison Wolf from Universidad de los Andes,…

Barbara Lewis, Chris Cochran, Neeraj Bhandari, Soumya Upadhyay, Erika Marquez (all Public Health) and Stowe Shoemaker's (Hospitality) article titled, "Hospital Patient and Family Advisory Councils: A Quantitative Study on How Councils are Used and Predictors of Effective Councils," was published in the Journal of Patient Experience. 

Nachman Gutowski (Law) was an invited participant in the "Affiliate Organization Discussion: Bar Admissions and Alternative Pathways to Licensure," hosted by the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education & Admissions to the Bar. Gutowski participated in his capacity as the national President of the Association of Academic Support Educators…

Benjamin Edwards (Law) presented at the University of Tennessee's Transactions Spring 2026 Symposium.