Chad Scott (Teaching and Learning) participated on a panel discussion at the Third Annual Las Vegas Arts and Culture Summit, on August 21 at the Historic Fifth Street School, Downtown Las Vegas.  The panel was called, "SO, YOU WANT TO BE A TEACHING ARTIST?" and was moderated by Cory Goble, senior cultural specialist for the City of Las…

Zhiling M. Shea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) and her co-author at Johns Hopkins University published an article, "Independent book reading and bilingual children’s language and literacy skills" in Reading and Writing.  The current study investigated how independent book reading at home and…

Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute), Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies), and Mark Johnson from the University of Sydney have published an article titled, "A New History of Poker Spectatorship: Table Chat, Online Forums, Television Piracy, and Twitch" in the journal International Gambling Studies. Histories of poker…

Dr. Francisco Sy (Environmental and Global Health), professor, gave a presentation on "Showcasing How Collaboration Supports Success: The Mountain West Clinical and Translational Research Infrastructure Network" at the 9th Annual International Forum of the University of the Philippines International Nursing and Healthcare Forum held on Aug. 8-9,…

Richard Rosenkranz (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published "Testing an adapted obesity prevention intervention in under resourced schools: a pilot clustered randomized controlled trial" in the journal Scientific Reports. 

Dr. Francisco Sy (Environmental and Global Health), professor, received the Gawad Tanglaw (Beacon of Light) Cultural Heritage Award from the International Association of Multicultural and Filipino-American Educators, on Aug. 22, 2025, in New York City. 

Dr. Francisco Sy (Environmental and Global Health), professor, was invited as a Distinguished Speaker at the 2025 Annual Philippine American Academy of Sciences and Engineering Meeting and Symposium, held on July 19-20, 2025, at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. He gave a presentation on "Mountain West Clinical and Translational…

Daniel Mager (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published his 140th article in Psychology Today. Mager has been contributing to Psychology Today since 2013. 

Professor Linda Lister (Music) has an article published in the September/October 2025 issue of the Journal of Singing titled, "The Prolific Song Output and Seasonal Sehnsucht of Franz Schubert and Taylor Swift." The article juxtaposes the 19th century German lieder composer and the 21st century country/pop songwriter, exploring a common…