Associate professor and department chair Yen-Soon Kim (Hospitality) received an award for "Academic Excellence in Hospitality Innovation" at last week's Global Conference on Technology and AI in Hospitality and Tourism (GLOTECH 2025). Hosted by UNLV Black Fire Innovation Center, with support from the Harrah College of Hospitality,  the…

Refat Srejon (Social and Behavioral Health Ph.D. student) published a research article titled, "ACA dependent coverage extension and young adults' substance-associated ED visits," in the American Journal of Managed Care, along with Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health), Jay Shen and Chris Cochran (both Healthcare Administration and…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) received a new grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) of $150,526 for a project titled, "Assessment of risky drinking typologies among college student alcohol users." This exploratory project will address a critical gap in understanding the scope, severity, and impacts of novel drinking…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) coauthored a paper titled, "Substance use and sexual orientation among adolescents: Differences by age group and sex in the 2023 National Survey of Drug Use and Health," in the American Journal on Addictions, along with researchers from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of…

Sidath Kapukotuwa, Ana Gonzalez-Alvarez (Social and Behavioral Health), Shane Kraus (Psychology), and Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Betting on the future: A systematic review of modern gambling interventions for college students” in the Journal of Gambling Studies (Impact factor 2.2).  The…

Nancy Rapoport (Law) was the moderator of “Crime and Punishment: Ethical Quandaries in Insolvency Proceedings,” part of the Hon. Frank Koger Memorial Education Program of the Commercial Law League of America at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges’ Annual Meeting.

UNLV Health’s two school-based clinics, providing no-cost medical care to students and siblings in the Clark County School District, handled more than 24-hundred patient visits in fiscal year 24-25. The clinics, at Bailey Middle School and inside the district’s Family Support Center on Maryland Parkway, aim to improve access to medical care for…

Beth Barrie (Teaching & Learning Innovation) recently participated in a keynote panel discussion on AI in Education and Rural Workforce Development at the NTCA (The Rural Broadband Association). The conversation explored how AI is transforming education and workforce development, including the integration and adaptation of AI, what new skills…

Scott Jackson (Accounting) recently presented at the 2025 BYU Accounting Research Symposium held in Provo, Utah. Jackson presented his paper entitled “Nonprofit CEO Compensation and Gender: A Different Context for the Implied Communality Deficit."