Yan Zhou (Physics and Astronomy) received a five-year Early Career Award from the Department of Energy in the amount of $875,000. By integrating techniques from trapped-ion quantum information processing with the exceptional sensitivity of molecules, Zhou’s team will develop a tabletop experiment capable of probing combined Charge and Parity (CP)…

Baylor Akhavan and Wolfram Samlowski (both Medicine) have recently published a study titled, "A combination of low TMB and PD-L1 expression predict poor progression-free survival of metastatic melanoma patients treated with first-line ipilimumab plus nivolumab," in Frontiers in Immunology. The study showed that tumor mutational burden (…

Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) has again been named among the Top Scholars by ScholarGPS, which recognizes researchers for outstanding performance across disciplines and specialties. Based on his extensive publication record, global impact, and the exceptional quality of his scholarly contributions, ScholarGPS placed Ebersole among the top 0.5% of…

Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) was inducted into the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health through the UNLV Delta Omega Delta Theta Chapter. This distinction reflects Demopoulos’ dedication to increasing the quality of the field, as well as to the protection and advancement of the health of all people, and acknowledges her exceptional…

Francine Lipman (Law) was a panelist for a presentation entitled, "What Practitioners Need to Know: Immigrants and Tax Filing," hosted by NILC, UnidosUS, Protecting Immigrant Families, and United Ways of California. 

Aya Shata (Journalism and Media Studies) and her interdisciplinary team won the UNLV President’s Interdisciplinary Research Challenge, receiving an equivalent of $20,000 of research development support. The project examines faculty AI competencies and develops an evidence-based, discipline-informed AI training program to support more…

Doctoral student Jinkun Shen (Teacher Education) has published an article titled, “Teacher Induction and Collaboration: Investigating the Role of School Instructional Leadership, Mentoring, and Collaborative School Culture,” in the Journal of Educational Change. The article was coauthored with Shaoan Zhang, Ph.D., from the Department of Teaching…

Mana Azizsoltani (Hospitality), Jared Bischoff (Hospitality), Ashok Singh (Hospitality), and Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute) published an open access article in the European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation titled: "A systematic review of machine learning applications in hotel occupancy forecasting."

Department of Surgery Faculty members Dr. Lance Horner, Dr. Ovunc Bardakcioglu, Dr. Whitney Elks, Dr. Declan Feery, and Dr. Charles St. Hill (all Medicine) co-authored the published article titled, "Comparison of Surgical Treatment Patterns and Temporal Trends for Stage I-III Invasive Rectal Adenocarcinoma among Regions in the United States."