Danielle Finn (Law) spoke at the 3rd Annual Tribal Leadership Conference, presenting in a session titled, "How AI Integration is Affecting Tribal Governments and Their Business Entities."

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies Department) was listed as a "Historical Consultant" for a PBS short documentary on the southern tradition of raccoon hunting. He provided historical context for the practice, including its intersections with race and class in southern history.

Marketa Trimble (Law) published a new article, "Generative AI and the EU Copyright Law's Blind Spots," on the Kluwer Copyright Blog.

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a presentation on her book Intimate Borders: Feminist Migration Ethics at the Freie Universität Berlin (in Berlin, Germany).

Liliana Avila-Estrada (Libraries) is the recipient of the Libraries' 2026 Administrative Faculty of the Year Award. She was recognized for her exceptional work as the Libraries’ Faculty Recruitment Coordinator, where she guides academic and administrative faculty searches with professionalism and steady leadership, supports successful hires, and…

Shih-Chun "Steven" Chien (Law) delivered an invited lecture at National Chengchi University College of Law in Taiwan titled "Ethical Challenges in Citizen Judge Trials: A Comparative Perspective from U.S. Criminal Trials." Speaking as part of a legal ethics lecture series, Professor Chien examined the new ethical dilemmas facing judges under…

Danielle Finn (Law) moderated the session "Sacred Waters: Tribal Water Rights and the Fight for Sovereignty and Sustainability" at the 3rd Annual Tribal Leadership Conference.

Daniel Chi (Finance) was featured in a recent article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal on his role in advancing financial literacy education for Nevadans. The article also mentioned Chi’s second mission: to help turn the Las Vegas Valley, long heavily reliant on tourism and gaming to power its economy, into a financial hub. Chi recently…

Citlalli Ochoa (Law) presented at the 2026 Law and Society Association Annual Meeting. She participated in a roundtable discussion titled, “From Non-Extractivism to Transformation: Reimagining Engaged Ethnography for Sociolegal Research with Contemporary Social Movements,” and served as a discussant for the "Identities at Work" paper session.