Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez (Journalism and Media Studies) recently published "Border and Immigration as Etiological Myth in U.S. Right-Wing Politics" in Communication Studies. In the article, the author examines how causal arguments related to borders and immigration are deployed to diagnose a wide range of social ills, including housing…

Regine Deguzman-Lucero, Jennifer Le, and Nicole Short (all Psychology) recently published a new article titled "Associations between posttraumatic cognitions and cannabis cravings among trauma‐exposed individuals using cannabis" in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 

Amy Brown (Music) recently presented at the Silver State Tech Conference. The session's title was "AI and Music: Student Creativity Using a Hands-On Approach." Attendees participated from the point of view of their high school or college students and wrote down facts they must recall for tests or exams. Using Generative AI, these points were used…

Amy Brown (Music) recently presented at the Silver State Tech Conference. The session's title was "AI and Music: Exploring Creativity and Pedagogy." Participants used AI to create cognitive integrated song parodies to reinforce specific learning intentions in their English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science content areas. A few…

Marketa Trimble (Law) chaired a panel at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law at McGill University in Montreal. The panel explored “Comparative Law, Technology, and the Digital Economy.”

Dr. Rebecca Scherr (Medicine) , chair of the Department of Pediatrics was inducted into the Alpha Omega Honor Medical Society during the induction ceremony held at Red Rock Casino on October 16. Membership in AΩA is a mark of distinction and is considered one of the most prestigious honors a U.S. medical student or physician can receive. Members…

Reimund Serafica (Nursing) presented his e-poster, “Food Insecurity, Dietary Adherence, and Mental Health: Examining the Impact on Filipino Americans with Hypertension in Primary Care,” at the American Academy of Nursing’s 2025 Health Policy Conference, Impact Through Integrity and Trust: Our Role as Navigators and Translators, on October 16, 2025…

Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published, with colleagues Kenneth Izuora, Amber Champion, Shauna Groven (all Medicine), findings on circulating antioxidant biomarkers from a 28-week randomized controlled trial in adults with prediabetes. Pamela Devillez is an alum of the MS program in Nutrition Sciences. The trial was…

Erin Zimmerman and Alanna Bitzel (both Writing Center), presented at the 2025 International Writing Centers Association/National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing Joint Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday, October 16. Their round table, “Embracing Community: Reaching Writers through Collaborations” focused on institutional partnerships…