Dr. Jeffrey L. Cummings (Brain Health) has received the Distinguished Physician of the Year Award at the Nevada State Medical Association Presidential Installation & Awards Gala on Aug. 22.

Rajiv Kishore (Information Systems) served as a faculty mentor at the Mid-Career Faculty Consortium, “Building Momentum at Mid-Career: Pathways to the Next Level,” held as part of the 2026 Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). He also served as a panelist for the consortium’s academic leadership forum, “Exploring Leadership and…

Joshua Chévere Cohen has joined the College of Liberal Arts dean’s office as assistant director of digital philanthropy. In this role, he is responsible for managing and implementing digital campaigns for fundraising and assisting with donor engagement and retention for the college. He will also assist with storytelling and marketing and…

Hyelin (Lina) Kim and co-authors Zhenxian Piao and Sung-Eun Kim recently published a study in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology examining the key dimensions of perceived virtual event quality (VEQual). Using a mixed-methods approach, the researchers investigate how these dimensions relate to telepresence and social presence,…

April Ursula Fox (Educational Psychology) presented "Zines in the Classroom: A Practical Guide to Zines as Summative and Formative Assessment" at PunkCon 2026: “Teaching for the Masses: Punk Pedagogies for Scholastic Saboteurs,” held May 7–8 at UNLV. Fox’s presentation explored how zines—independently produced, creative publications with deep…

Manoj Sharma, Asma Awan, Sidath Kapukotuwa (all Public Health) and Amar Kanekar from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have published a chapter titled “A fourth -generation multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change” in the Handbook of Concepts in Health, Health Behavior and Environmental Health” published by Springer. This…

Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine) conducted a featured virtual webinar titled "Overcoming the Six Impurities of the Mind (Arishadvarga or Shadripu): Integrating Vedic Philosophy, Modern Psychology, & Scientific Kundalini Energy Yoga (SKEY)" for the "Break ke Baad" group based in Livermore, California. The webinar covered the…

Melissa Bowles-Terry (Libraries) co-authored "Self-determination theory and faculty development: Understanding motivations for participation" in the journal, The Reference Librarian. The article explores how academic librarians can improve faculty participation and engagement in library-led professional development. Using Self-Determination Theory…

Cory Lampert (Libraries) was recently elected to the Islandora Foundation Leadership Group, whose members work to integrate community feedback into the Foundation’s strategic direction, build consensus and resolve conflicts. Islandora is ​​​​​​a free open-source software framework designed to help institutions, organizations, and their…