Caitlin Saladino, David Damore, and William Brown (The Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West) authored, "Strengthening our nonprofit sector to improve our communities," a commentary piece featured in the Nevada Current. Saladino, Damore, and Brown respond to challenges facing Southern Nevada's nonprofit sector that were discussed at a recent…

Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) served as a panelist and speaker on "Caring for Your Internal Community (Students, Staff, and Faculty)" at the 2026 ABA-AALS Deans' Week.

Lori Johnson (Law) chaired a Works-in-Progress session at the Legal Writing Institute (LWI) Conference. Beyond her session, Professor Johnson also serves on the LWI Board of Directors.

Shih-Chun "Steven" Chien (Law) co-presented at The Association of American Law Schools Section on Technology, Law, and Legal Education's webinar titled, "Ready Player One." The webinar discussed how law schools can build AI capacity as an institution.

Annaliese Grant (Sociology) and coauthor published a popular press article, "‘Heartstopper’ is helping LGBTQ+ fans find hope and community across time and space," in The Conversation.

Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine), professor and section chief of hematology, and his mentee from the University of California San Francisco recently published a chapter in the book, Blood Substitutes and Oxygen Biotherapeutics, published by Springer. Their chapter, titled, "The Erythrocruorins as Synthetic Blood Products: What Is New?," describes the…

Mark Adriatico, Nghi Tran, and Neamat Hassan (all Dental) have published a new peer-reviewed article in Frontiers in Dental Medicine titled “Influence of Intraoral Scanner Type on the Marginal Fit of Digitally Fabricated Lithium Disilicate Crowns.” The study examined whether the type of intraoral scanner used in a digital workflow affects the…

Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) served as a breakout session facilitator for "Helpful Navigation Strategies for External Deans" at the 2026 ABA-AALS Deans' Week.

Drew Peltier (Life Sciences) co-authored a new meta-analysis in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences titled "Divergent trait controls on soluble sugars and starch underlie global strategies of tree carbohydrate storage." This study showed that phylogeny and functional traits—especially stomatal regulation, photosynthetic…