Graduate students Pratik S. Paranjape and Tahoura Mohammadi Ghohaki, along with faculty member Samsoon Inayat (all Psychology), published a new article in Scientific Reports titled “A transparent wheel-based platform for locomotion-on-demand and multi-view body and facial kinematics in head-fixed mice.” The study introduces a modular behavioral…

Tiange Xu (International Gaming Institute) was featured in a G3 Newswire interview, "When Gambling Becomes Content," previewing his presentation at the 19th International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking. The Q&A draws on his dissertation research on slot machine vlogs to discuss why responsible gambling messaging in this content…

Beth Barrie (Teaching and Learning Innovation; Academic Affairs) contributed to the 2026 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report as a member of the expert panel roster. The report explores the key trends and emerging developments expected to influence teaching and learning in higher education over the next decade. Drawing on insights from an expert…

Sage Stafford and Dan Wright (both AQUA; Education) published "Rank-Poisson Transformation for Use with Count Data in Poisson Regression" in Applied Math. Count data are common in the educational, medical, social, and physical sciences. We examined different transformations and approaches when the data were not distributed Poisson.

Alain Bengochea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) has been appointed vice chair of Nevada's newly established English Learner Advisory Council for the 2025-2026 interim, created under legislation passed during the 83rd Nevada Legislative Session. The council is charged with studying and advising on policies related to English…

Roberto Lovato's (English) book, Unforgetting, was mentioned in The New York Times Book Review as an example of a memoir that mines "family histories alongside larger legacies of violence and imperialism, complicating their authors’ relationship to the United States."

Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) was honored at the Clark County Board of County Commissioners Meeting as part of its Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern Heritage Month celebration. 

Hasan Deniz (Teaching and Learning) and Ph.D. student Dilara Kara-Zorluoglu (Teaching and Learning) published with co-authors Ezgi Yesilyurt (Utah State University), Erdogan Kaya (University of Texas at Arlington), Refika Turgut (University of South Carolina Upstate), and Elif Adibelli-Sahin an article titled “Unpacking the sources of computer…

Vidhani S. Goel, Roberto Sagaribay, Emily Carter, Gabriela Bucchini, Farooq Abdulla, Deborah A. Kuhls, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) presented at the Office of Undergraduate Research Spring 2026 Symposium held at UNLV in April 2026. The keynote presentation titled, Prenatal Substance Exposure and NICU Care Transitions: Preliminary Findings from…