Co-authors Jungsun (Sunny) Kim, Mehmet Erdem, and Boran Kim, Ph.D. '24, (both Hospitality) recently had their article, "What factors motivate customers to embrace a metaverse hotel?," published in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. Their paper aims to investigate the influence of four motivational…

Barbara Lewis (Public Health) presented her research virtually at the World Congress on Pediatrics & Neonatology in Barcelona, Spain, on "Pediatric Family Advisory Councils: Focus Groups that are Improving Pediatric Care." 

Hannah Fraley (Nursing) delivered a podium presentation titled "Youth Trafficking Research Updates: Understanding Trafficking of School-Aged Youth and High Risk Special Youth Populations" at the Academy of Forensic Nursing Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 18.

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) co-published an article titled "Racial/Ethnic Differences in Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health-Related Outcomes: A Scoping Review" in the journal Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. Racial and ethnic differences have been observed across patterns of substance use and exposure to adverse childhood…

Roberto Lovato (English) joined Pulitzer prize winning authors, MacArthur Geniuses, and other creatives at the "The Border is a Story" conference organized at the Los Angeles campus of Arizona State University from September 19 to the 22. He delivered a talk on his current research, titled "Of Love & Luminous Feathers: Unbordering Stories…

Danielle Finn (Law) moderated a discussion for the American Bar Association's Judicial Division on Borderlands: America's 21st Century Range Wars.

Danielle Finn (Law) was part of a panel discussion on Custody Issues in Tribal Courts for the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada.

Hal Berghel (Computer Science) and Douglas Jones from the University of Iowa published an article entitled "Election Integrity in the United States: How Will 2024 compare to 2020" in the current issue of IEEE Computer.  This is the latest in their series of articles on election integrity since 2014 that coincide with U.S. presidential…

Edwin Oh (Sciences, Medicine) and colleagues from UNLV, the Southern Nevada Water Authority and Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health recently published a first-of-its-kind study using wastewater monitoring to track drug use patterns throughout the Las Vegas Valley.  “Drug Usage Patterns in Wastewater Correlate with…