Latisha Nixon-Jones (Law) co-moderated a panel titled "Aspiring Law Teachers Workshop/Prospective Law Teachers Workshop: What Is the Legal Academy and How Do I Fit In?" at the 2026 Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Conference.

Linda Dam (Journalism and Media Studies) has published an article titled, "We have to eat that too! Examining injunctive and descriptive norms in food-related social media use," in Journal of Promotion Management. This study explores how social norms are influenced by food-related social media use, and the impact it can have on food…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), as the sole principal investigator, has been awarded a contract from the Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence (NCEDSV) to develop a Sexual Violence Prevention Data Dashboard in support of the CDC's Rape Prevention and Education Program. The project will strengthen data-driven sexual violence prevention…

Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) presented a paper, “When Spirit Came to the Comstock: the correspondence of Horatio Jones, Nevada’s first Philosopher," at the Summer Institute in American Philosophy, hosted by Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. 

Paul Werth (History) published an essay titled “Armenians, Empire, and the Politics of Conversion in 19th Century Russia,” in a volume, "Religious Conversion and Imperial Rule" (Frankfurt, 2026). That he did this rather than starting bar fights, slashing tires, and breaking windows in the neighborhood is convincing testament to the civilizing…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Global Health) published "Operationalising Environmental DNA (eDNA) Detection of Major Malaria Vector Species in Ghana" in Molecular Ecology Resources. Her team tested a low-cost water sampling method that can detect malaria mosquitoes and their insecticide resistance genes just from DNA left behind in breeding…

Benita R. Brooks, Borna Nemet, Sinead Pelleschi, Cherish Olson, Chyllis E. Scott, and Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner (all Teaching & Learning) published an article titled, "Exploring teacher candidates' well-being literacy through the PERMA lens: A sequential mixed-methods study," in Action in Teacher Education. In this sequential explanatory…

Dr. Lloyd Jensen (Medicine) and colleagues recently published a study in Transport Dispatch Volume 2 Issue 2 titled, "Effect of a Novel Neonatal Resuscitation and Transport Training Course on EMS Providers’ Confidence and Skills: A Prospective Pre-Post Study." The study highlights a longstanding emergency medical services (EMS) training initiative…

Piyush Puranik, Ph. D., (Postdoctoral Scholar at the International Gaming Institute) presented a poster on "Exploring the relationship between gambling involvement and financial health" at the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) Annual Conference 2026.