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Appointment/Election: Juha Yoon
Assistant professor Juha Yoon (Intercollegiate and Professional Sport Management) has been named to the editorial board of the International Journal of Sport Communication. 
Presentation: Elizabeth Barrie, Jonathan Hilpert
Beth Barrie (SVPAA) and Jon Hilpert (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) presented at the UPCEA (online and professional education association) 2025 Summit for Online Leadership and Administration (SOLAR) Conference. Their presentation, "Same Strategy, Different Tactics: How Do Learning Analytic Dashboards Differ…
Presentation: Ana L. Reyes, Selam Ayele, Blessing Imade, Noehealani Antolin, Deborah A. Kuhls
Ana L. Reyes, Selam Ayele, Blessing Imade, Noehealani Antolin, and Deborah A. Kuhls (all Medicine) presented "Driving Change: How Data Fuels Road Safety" at the National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI) at UNLV on July 21, 2025. The NSTI at UNLV is a hands-on summer program for high-achieving high school students. Participants explore real-…
Presentation: Amy Reed-Sandoval
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a presentation on her forthcoming book Intimate Borders: Feminist Migration Ethics as part of an author-meets-critics panel on her book at the 2025 North American Society for Social Philosophy conference held in El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Her commentators included Lori Gallegos (Texas State…
Published: Kenyon Lee Whitman
Kenyon Lee Whitman (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) co-authored a paper in Innovative Higher Education titled, "A Mixed-Methods Study of Students of Color with Foster Care Experience Navigating a Syndemic," the paper explored how the intersection of COVID-19 and racial violence impacted them. Findings revealed that…
Notable: Jarret Keene
The podcast Rock & Roll Nightmares recently interviewed Jarret Keene (English) to discuss his new story collection Gateways to Annihilation (Dark Wolf Books).
Notable: Elissa Palmer, Aron Rogers
Dr. Elissa Palmer and Dr. Aron Rogers (both Medicine) in their roles as advisory faculty and certified instructors, trained seven nurses, 11 paramedics and an OB/GYN at Humboldt General Hospital, location of the UNLV Rural Family Medicine Residency Program, to become certified providers in Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics. ALSO®, a…
Published: Laura Shaw
Dr. Laura Shaw (Family and Community Medicine) published a case report with medical students Justin B. Atkins and Daniel Levine titled, "Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome Presenting as Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in a Chronic Cannabis User: A Case Report." Cureus 17(7): e87990. doi:10.7759/cureus.87990 (July 15, 2025)
Presentation: Samantha Wells, Kasra Ghaharian
Ph.D. student Samantha Wells (Learning and Technology) and Director of Research Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute) presented “Is it AI? Evaluating Chatbot Responses to Problem Gambling Questions” at the 2025 International Conference on Gambling Addiction and Responsible Gambling. Their presentation highlighted key findings from two…

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