John Curry (History) presented a paper titled "The Life of Ünsi Hasan Efendi (d. 1723): Failed Saint, or Indicator of Structural Change in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Empire?" in a panel on Empires and Ideologies at the American Historical Association's Pacific Coast Branch Annual Meeting held on the UNLV campus on July 30-31. He also chaired a…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on Informed Informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post starts with the author glancing at a co-worker's water bottle and being inspired by a sticker on it.   

Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing) presented two podium presentations at the 37th International Nursing Research Congress in Toronto, Canada, on July 17-18, 2026. The title of his presentations were: “Designing Equitable Health Education for Rural Philippine Communities” and “Culturally Inclusive and Emotionally Supportive Nutrition Interventions:…

Shaoan Zhang (Teaching & Learning), Yingtao Jiang (Engineering), Qingmin Shi (Decision Support), and Tony Ferrar (Engineering) recently presented their NSF-HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project, “Enhancing and Expanding the Second-Year Experience (EESYE) to Improve Student Success in Engineering and Computer Science Programs,” at the…

Tamekia Bell (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) presented preliminary findings from her research study titled "African American Women with Menopause: An Exploratory Study" at the Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA) in Knoxville, Tennessee. 

Baylor Akhavan, Brian Kerlin, Rachel Soong, Alexander Kieger, and Brandon Chen (all Medicine) published the peer-reviewed case report, “Inferior Vena Cava Filter Retrieval with Radial Jaw Biopsy Forceps: A Case Report,” in AME Case Reports in June 2026. The report presents an innovative approach to the retrieval of a challenging inferior…

“Cognitive Labour in Wellness Tourism: Leadership Challenges for Spa and Wellness Directors” was recently published in the International Journal of Spa and Wellness. The article, coauthored with Hyelin Kim, Sherrie Tennessee, Marta Soligo, and Sung-Eun Kim (all Hospitality),  examines how cognitive labour shapes leadership practices…

Erica Hanna and Heather Thompson (both Liberal Arts) partnered with Intermountain Health and United Way of Southern Nevada to present an Early Childhood (Birth to Age 5) Emotional Well-Being Workshop for parents and preschool educators. The workshop focused on helping caregivers understand typical emotional development and age-appropriate…

Gregory Brown, John Curry, John Haberstroh, Jeff Schauer, A.B. Wilkinson, Dakota Ciolkosz, Fabian Rebolledo, Connor Young, Jessica Ayala Venegas, Natalie Dechaine, Nathan Pormentira, Emma Vermillion, EJ Decastro, Demetrius Khananisho Tolliver, Adrien (all History) presented at the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association…