Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented at two summer institutes for inclusive early childhood education. For the Division for Early Childhood, she shared individual, program, and systems strategies for "Building Belonging in Child Care: Creating Systems of Inclusion for Young Children with Disabilities…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) led a panel discussion at United Way's Early Childhood Education and Literacy Community Conversation along with Melissa Yarczower (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education); Elisa Cafferata, executive director at Children's Advocacy Alliance; and Denise Sidney,…

Ahmadreza Khatamgooya (Civil and Environmental Engineering) was recently announced as the 2026-2027 Robert E. Lang Memorial Fellow. The Robert E. Lang Memorial Fellowship is awarded annually to an outstanding UNLV Ph.D. student completing a dissertation in metropolitan public policy broadly defined with special consideration given to…

Linda Lister (Music) received Honorable Mention for the Richard Sjoerdsma Excellence in Writing Award. Named in honor of editor in chief emeritus Richard Sjoerdsma, who helmed the journal from 2001 to 2023, this biennial award honors the best feature article written for the Journal of Singing over the most recent two-year cycle. The…

Jessica Immonen (Dental) was invited to be a platform presenter at the Annual American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA) Conference held at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Her presentation was titled "Improving Diagnosis and Management of TMJ Osteoarthritis with Cadaveric CBCT-Acquired Data" and was selected to be delivered within the "…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) conducted a featured virtual webinar titled "Scientific Kundalini Energy Yoga (SKEY): The Architecture of Integration: Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science" for the "Break ke Baad" group based in Livermore, California. The webinar covered a description of yoga from a scientific…

Michelle Tusan (History) published, ‘1776: Teaching the Declaration of Independence’ in the Journal of British Studies.

Roberto Lovato (English) wrote a feature-length article in The Nation magazine titled, "Saving the Scarlet Macaw in Narco Country." Lovato reports on efforts of Honduras' Miskito peoples to save the scarlet macaw in one of the remotest regions of the American continent.

Deanna Merino Contino (Student Life) was selected as one of the 13  Excelenica in Education Policy Fellows for 2026-2027.  The Excelencia Fellowship Program engages leaders from Seal of Excelencia certified institutions in the Excelencia in Action (E-Action) network that have demonstrated data-informed, student-…