The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV has earned LEED Platinum Certification for operations and maintenance of its Medical Education Building, a distinction that places the school among a select group of facilities recognized for exceptional operational and sustainability standards. The U.S. Green Building Council officially presented the…

Charlotta Sanders (Mechanical Engineering) published the article “Nuclear Decommissioning as a New Beginning: Evolving Practices, Emerging Opportunities, and the Next Phase of the Nuclear Lifecycle” in Progress in Nuclear Energy. The work reframes decommissioning as an integrated phase of the nuclear lifecycle rather than an end‑state activity,…

Barbara Lewis (Healthcare Administration and Policy) gave a presentation with a colleague at the Case Management Society of America on "Case Managers & Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs): Synergy for Safe Care."

Zida Wang (Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art), and his co-authors Deanne Sole (Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art) and Jackie Gaetos (The Care Center) have published their article “Designing Care-Centered Museum Education: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration of Developing Creative Third Place” in the Journal of Museum Education.

Three doctoral degree students, Jhaell Jimenez, Katrina Parsom, and Michelle Buslon (all Computer Science) were invited to present their research at the Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Conference (SVCC). The conference, supported by the Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Institute (SVCSI) and taking place in early June, brought together researchers,…

Andrew Lugg (Political Science) and co-authors Manfred Elsig, Kirthana Ganeson, and Marine Roux have published an article, "Trade Agreements and the design of democracy-related provisions (TRADEM): The creation of a new data set," in The Review of International Organizations. The article combines manual coding and machine learning to measure…

Mary LaFrance's (Law) article, "Copyright, eBooks, and the Future of Digital Lending," was selected for inclusion in the 2026 edition of the Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook. The anthology is published annually by Thomson Reuters (West).

Simon Gottschalk (Emeritus, Sociology) presented the keynote address at the annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The title of his address was: "Mind, Self, and Algorithms: Symbolic Interaction with Bots."

Eve Hanan (Law) presented at the Nevada Judges of Limited Jurisdiction 2026 Summer Seminar in Carson City. Her session, titled "New Research, Best Practices, and Promising Initiatives in Misdemeanor Sentencing," reviewed the current landscape of sentencing conditions. The presentation focused on aligning constitutional limits and judicial options…