Mohammed K. A. Kaabar (Mathematical Sciences) has co-authored a new research article titled “On Martínez-Kaabar fractal-fractional double Laplace transformation,” published in the Ain Shams Engineering Journal, an Elsevier journal ranked in the top 25% (Q1) of engineering journals with an Impact Factor of 5.9. The paper presents a significant…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) provided historical context and commentary for a segment honoring local activist Ruby Duncan for KSNV Channel 3 News in Las Vegas. The segment aired Feb. 26, 2026

Raef Granger (Law) presented on "Mindset Mastery for the Bar Exam & Law Practice" at the Pedagogy in Tumultuous Times Conference.

Benjamin Edwards (Law) presented at the 2026 Irving L. Goldberg Symposium, Welcome to Ya'll Street: Texas Corporations & Texas Shareholders, at the SMU Dedman School of Law.

Ibtihaj Ahmad (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) has published his second peer-reviewed research article, titled “Analyzing Surface Spectral Signature Shifts in Fire-Affected Areas of Elko County Nevada,” in the journal Fire. The study integrates multi-source satellite imagery and advanced spectral analysis techniques to…

Susan Byrne (World Languages & Cultures) chaired a panel of scholars presenting papers on Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes during the Renaissance Society of America's annual conference, held this year in San Francisco, CA. The panel's speakers came from the USA, Canada, France and Ireland to critically analyze numerous aspects of the works…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies Department) gave a guest lecture for the Nevada Federal Public Defender's Office on Feb. 24, 2026. Entitled "Examining the Fight for Police Accountability in 20th-Century Las Vegas," Parry analyzed a series of case studies emerging from his research project on the history of policing in…

Margaret Harp (World Languages and Culture) presented a paper, "Blindness as Motif in Montaigne's Librairie," at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America on February 20, 2026 in San Francisco, CA.

Emma Frances Bloomfield (Communication Studies) published an Element in the Cambridge University Press series "Public Engagement with Science," titled, "Mothers as Science Storytellers." In the book, she considers the ways that mothers serve as gatekeepers of scientific knowledge and as powerful science communicators across the controversies of…