Chyllis E. Scott (Teaching and Learning), her doctoral students, Sonja Howard and Katherine Hallford (both Teaching and Learning), and colleagues Mae Lane of Sam Houston State University, Cindy Benge of Eastern New Mexica University, and Montana K. McCormick of Towson University, recently published an article, "Examining Asynchronous Virtual…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) was invited by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the George Washington University to have a talk on November 18, titled "Public Opinion in Taiwan and its implications to US-China-Taiwan Relations." In this talk, Wang explained the recent surge of nonpartisans in Taiwan and their attitude on the…

Assistant professor Christina Watanabe (Theatre) was featured as a guest on the popular podcast Light Talk, co-hosted by UNLV professor emeritus Brackley Frayer. In the podcast, she discusses her academic journey, challenges she has faced in the profession, and gratitude for her collaborators.

Sean Slattery (Art) has individual and collaborative art featured in "Ripper Jordan Redux" at Couper Russ Gallery, Las Vegas in an exhibition of the archives of the collaborative art group Ripper Jordan. Ripper Jordan also features UNLV alumni James Hough and David Ryan.

Teresa (Tess) Walker, Rakshitha Mohankumar, Shane Kraus, Brenna Renn (all Psychology) recently published a manuscript "Mental and physical health characteristics of older and younger adults receiving medication for opioid use disorder" in Frontiers in Public Health. Secondary analysis of this multisite survey data found older participants reported…

Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Administrative Assistants gathered donations from all of their departments for the Shannon West Homeless Youth Shelter Center (SWHYC) this holiday season. The SWHYC supports youth who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless with housing, basic needs/food, education, employment assistance, and life…

Md. Sohail Akhter, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a poster tilted “The role of yoga in improving the quality of life among breast cancer survivors: A systematic review” at the American Public Health Association 2024 Annual Meeting October 27-30, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of the Integrative,…

Refat Srejon, Timothy Grigsby, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a talk on “Effectiveness of theory-based smoking cessation interventions among young adults: A systematic review” at the American Public Health Association 2024 Annual Meeting October 27-30, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of the APHA…

Dean Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) presented at the American Bar Association's IP, Sports, and Entertainment Law Conference on "Shining Lights and Trademark Fights: Ornamental Uses, The First Amendment and More."