John Curry (History) presented a paper titled, "Overlooked Contexts: How Shifting Mediterranean Relationships Contributed to the Muradid Wars of Succession," on Nov. 23 at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in Washington, D.C. The paper was part of a broader panel on "Outsiders and Intermediaries in Ottoman Tunis and the…

Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Global Health) and colleagues published an article on "Mild Thermal Inactivation Kinetics of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Sugarcane Juice: Model Validation under Dilution and Acidification Conditions" in the journal Food and Bioprocess Technology. Sugarcane juice represents one of the freshly…

Jessica Teague (English) was recently featured in an SF Gate article that talks about the past and present of the Vegas lounge scene.  “Music is a central part to how this city has conceptualized itself,” Teague said. Historically, jazz has been in Vegas since the city’s infancy, according to Teague: Blues and jazz pianist Jelly…

Marketa Trimble (Law) presented at the international conference, The Law Applicable to Contractual and Non-Contractual Obligations: Reassessing Rome I and Rome II in the Age of Technology, Innovation and Cross-Border Litigation. Her presentation was titled "Ours or Theirs? The Choice of Law for Remedies." 

Michael Kagan (Law) published an article in the Washington and Lee Law Review Online titled Representing the Incommunicado Client. The piece proposes revisions to legal practice to cope with the government obstructing prisoners' ability to communicate with attorneys.

Dr. James Mah (Dental) was recognized by the Las Vegas City Council as Citizen of the Month for December 2025. The council also declared Dec 3, 2025 as Dr. James Mah Day. Councilman Brian Knudsen, representing Ward 1, presented the honor prior to the regularly-scheduled council meeting citing Mah’s years of caring for Las Vegas residents as an…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Predictability of perceptual factors of the intention-behaviour gap among young adults: A protocol for an explanatory mixed-methods study,” in the journal BMJ Open (Impact Factor 2.3) in collaboration with authors from Tabriz University of Medical…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) recently appeared on the "Hot and Bothered" podcast to discuss the history of the marriage ritual "jumping the broom" and its relevance to Black American popular culture.

Benita R. Brooks (Teaching and Learning), Tillie Torres, Celest Diaz, and Blaze Epps (all Mater Academy East Campus) presented at the Literacy Research Association’s 75th Annual Conference on Dec. 3 during the Special Study Group Session: Educators, Administrators, and State Department Colleagues at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Their…