Hal Berghel (Computer Science) published an article titled, "A Generative AI Perspective on the Turing Test: Passed but Not Vindicated," in the current issue of IEEE Computer. In this article Berghel argues that while it seems clear that generative artificial intelligence has passed the Turing test, it does not follow that GenAI has demonstrated…

Professor Joe Regalia (Law) presented a webinar for the State Bar of Nevada on "Skills and Strategies for Using AI in Your Legal Practice Today."

Aya Shata (Journalism and Media Studies) was a speaker and moderator for a panel titled "AI in Advertising: How It’s Changing the Creative Workflow," organized by the American Advertising Federation. It was a thought-provoking discussion on how AI is transforming ideation, design, copywriting, production, and execution in the creative industries,…

Hikmet Loe (Art) presented the paper "Situated Art and Knowledge: The Material Culture Surrounding Great Basin Land Art" at the biannual Great Basin Anthropological Conference, in Reno.

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Global Health) and Richard M. Oxborough from the Parasitology and Vector Biology Laboratory coauthored an article titled, “Building resilience against the growing threat of arboviruses: a scoping review of Aedes vector surveillance, control strategies and insecticide resistance in Africa,” in the journal…

Chenghui Zhang (Sociology) coauthored a book chapter titled, "Bias-Based Bullying and Hate Crimes in Schools," in The Routledge Handbook on Marginalized Groups in the United States and their Challenges. This chapter provides an in-depth review of the challenges associated with bias-based bullying and hate crimes when they occur in school…

Alexandra Nur (Criminal Justice) and Ian Silver (RTI International) recently published an article in Academic Pediatrics examining adult general health, anxiety, and depression among individuals exposed to arrest, conviction, and confinement in juvenile and adult facilities during adolescence. Results re-affirm much work that suggests…

Dr. Alexander Rowan (Medicine) won the Nevada Chapter of the  American College of Surgeon's Committee on Trauma Resident Paper Competition held on Oct. 25.  He presented his research titled, "Pavement Burns in the Homeless Community: The Epidemiology of a Growing Public Health Issue." Rowan now will compete at the ACS Region 9 Paper…

Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), Ashis Kumar Biswas (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and non-suicidal self-injury associated with opioid misuse among adolescents and young adults in the USA: A scoping…