First-year radiochemistry Ph.D. student Colette Towles (Chemistry) was awarded a summer internship at Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and was highlighted in a recent video published by SRNL. The working group at SRNL where Towles interned endeavors to determine the absorption properties of low activity radioactive waste using…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) guided a doctoral scholar from Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences and coauthored an article titled, "A qualitative study to identify the determinants and strategies for the prevention of dengue fever in Iran," in the journal Scientific Reports (Impact factor 3.9). The qualitative…

A paper authored by graduate student Daniel Ogenrwot and faculty members John Businge and Shaikh Arifuzzaman (both Computer Science) was accepted to the 34th International Conference on Software & Data Engineering. Daniel Ogenrwot, John Businge, and Shaikh Arifuzzaman's "Structural and Connectivity Patterns in the Maven Central Software…

Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) presented an audio presentation of a paper, "Rebuilding of Dismantled Math Communities," at the annual MathFest of the Mathematical Association of America, held at Sacramento, California, on Aug. 6-9, 2025.

Rebecca Gill (Political Science) and her colleagues published "Legislating in the First Female Majority State Legislature: Gendered Power, Leadership, and Patterns of Sponsorship and Cosponsorship" in Political Research Quarterly. The article analyzes legislator behavior in the Nevada legislature from 2013-2023. This piece is part of a larger…

Neda Akhavan (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published "The Comparative Effects of White Potato and White Rice Consumption on Measures of Cardiometabolic Health in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Features of Metabolic Syndrome" in the journal Current Developments in Nutrition. 

Roberto Lovato's (English) theoretical work on immigration was recognized and discussed in "Juan Crow," and published in El Espectador, Colombia's pre-eminent newspaper.

Kavita Batra (Medicine), associate editor of the Journal of Health and Social Sciences (JHSS), co-authored a new article titled, "Towards Responsible AI Use in Scientific Publishing: A Comprehensive Generative AI Policy." In response to the growing use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude in academic publishing, JHSS adopted a…

The following students from the colleges of Sciences and Engineering were awarded an internship, scholarship, or fellowship through the support of the Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium. The consortium helps provide and expand STEM research and training opportunities for students through the NASA internship, fellowship and scholarship (NIFS…