David Tanenhaus (Law; History) delivered the Brieland Lecture on "In the Meantime, the Past and Future of Juvenile Justice." as the 17th Brieland Visiting Scholar at the University of Illinois School of Social Work.

Ana Gonzalez, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a poster tilted “Developing an instrument based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to track calories among adults” at the American Public Health Association 2024 Annual Meeting October 27-30, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of the…

Aastha Poudel, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a roundtable talk on “Substance use among people with disabilities: A comprehensive review” at the American Public Health Association 2024 Annual Meeting October 27-30, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of the APHA Student Assembly on Various…

Dale Melgaard (Film) received the Best Short Script award at the Milan Independent Awards Film Festival for The Phatman.

Danielle Mireles (Teaching and Learning) and Anna Acha (University of California, Riverside) recently published a co-authored chapter, "From compliance culture to liberatory access: reimagining disabled & deaf futurities on college campuses and beyond," in the Handbook of Race and Refusal in Higher Education: Like a Path in Tall…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a paper titled, “The advent of the fourth-generation multi-theory model of health behavior change in health promotion and nutrition research” at the 4th International Conference on Nutrition and Healthcare held Nov. 11-12, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand. The presentation was well…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) was honored with the World Changer Award (Alumnus) by the School of Public Health Leadership at their 20th Anniversary celebration on Nov. 8, 2024. This prestigious award recognizes individuals who have made a significant impact as leaders and advocates in public health. The UNLV School of Public Health, formerly known…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership; Student Affairs) recently attended the International Leadership Association's (ILA) annual global conference. Satterwhite serves on the ILA Committee for the Advancement of Leadership Programs and on the steering committee for the ILA Sustainability Leadership member community. He presented three…

Linc Johnson's (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) paper, "Exploring the Nexus of Language, Culture, and Identity: Insights from Interdisciplinary Perspectives," has been published in the International Multidisciplinary Research Journal as part of the 11th International Conference on Language, Literature, and Linguistics…