Melissa Bowles-Terry (Libraries) recently served as an invited speaker and facilitator at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Information Literacy Immersion Program. She led sessions on information literacy and classroom assessment techniques, helping academic librarians strengthen their teaching practices through the program'…

Ana Corral (Libraries, Medicine) recently served as an expert List Selector for the July 2026 Doody's Special Topics List, "Resident Preparation & Well-Being." As part of a three-member team, she researched and co-curated a collection of 47 essential books and resources that help health sciences librarians and medical institutions worldwide…

Asma Awan (Dental) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) presented a virtual talk titled, “Strengthening Local Public Health Workforce Capacity through Experiential Learning: Outcomes from an ARPA-Funded Workforce Pipeline Initiative” at the 2026 NACCHO360 Conference, held in Louisville, KY form July 13-17, 2026. The…

Deborah Kuhls, MD (Medicine) was awarded the Mitchell D. Forman, DO Award for Execmplary Dedication to the Medical Education of Future Nevada Physicians at the Clark County Medical Society 72nd Presidential Installation and Awards Ceremony held on June 20, 2026. 

Professor Shih-Chun "Steven" Chien (Law) presented his work in progress, "Spatial Criminal Procedure: Visuality, Space, and Reasonableness," at CrimFest 2026, held at Fordham University School of Law. CrimFest is an annual workshop where criminal law and procedure scholars from across the country gather to present and discuss works in progress.

Susanna Geiser (Law) co-presented "Language as Power: Using Legal Communication to Challenge Injustice and Build a More Equitable Legal System" at the 2026 Legal Writing Institute (LWI) Conference.

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently co-authored 8 peer-reviewed publications this summer that advance research on behavioral addictions, sexual health, and mental health. Appearing in high-impact journals including Psychiatry Research, Archives of Sexual Behavior, International Gambling Studies, Sexual Abuse, Journal of Sexual…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) recently appeared on The Last Show with David Cooper podcast, "How Depression and Pornography Use Are Linked," to discuss a recent article published in Psychiatry Research. 

Benjamin Edwards (Law) and Carliss N. Chatman (SMU’s Dedman School of Law) co-authored a blog post titled, “How Misinformation is Muddying the Dexit Debate,” for the CLS Blue Sky Blog.