Nikkie Preston (Medicine) was honored as one of VEGAS INC's 2024 Women Inspiring Nevada. Preston's efforts in development and alumni relations are critical to the success of the medical school. Her role involves giving philanthropic guidance to students and staff and working with donors and faculty to set up scholarships, endowments,…

Danielle Finn (Law) led a panel at the Tribal Leadership and Management Conference on the importance of cybersecurity in Indian Country.

Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) recently participated in a workshop hosted by the University of Bergen in Norway and the journal, Hegel Bulletin, on the occasion of the release of a special issue dedicated to racism and colonialism in Hegel’s philosophy. Beisecker’s article, “American Hegelianism and its Impact on Indian Boarding School Policy,” co-…

Monesia Hobbs (Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach) presented a workshop titled "What Happens in Vegas: How we use a premium hospitality model to serve first-gen and low income students" to a group of TRIO professionals at the 2024 ASPIRE Regional Conference in Helena, Montana. The ASPIRE region includes education professionals from the…

Joe Regalia (Law) had his law review article, "Lex Ex Machina: Forging a New Ethical Framework for AI and Technology in the Law," accepted for publication by the Cumberland Law Review. 

Members of the Department of Internal Medicine in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine received awards for their contributions to the Nevada Chapter of the American College of Physicians on October 1. Dr. Kachon "Jeff" Lei, cardiovascular medicine fellow, was awarded Resident/Fellow of the Year for his teaching excellence and contributions in…

Vernice Ollano, UNLV alumnae; Tedd Girouard (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences); John Mercer (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences; UNLV Sports Innovation Institute); and Mehdi Kordi from the United Kingdom published "The use of heated garments as a warm-up for sprint and submaximal effort cycling" in the Journal of Exercise Physiology - On…

Nancy Rapoport (Law) and Joseph R. Tiano were awarded the Editors’ Prize for the outstanding article of 2023 for their article, “Reimagining “Reasonableness” Under Section 330(a) in a World of Technology, Data, and Artificial Intelligence." Professor Rapoport received the award at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Annual Conference…

The National Academy of Public Administration has announced 42 new inductions for the 2024 Class of Academy Fellows, including professor Edgar E. Ramirez de la Cruz (Public Policy and Leadership). The National Academy of Public Administration is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization, chartered by Congress in 1967 to provide expert advice to…