Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator with GBD 2023 Mental Disorder Collaborators, coauthored an article titled, “Updated trends in the global prevalence and burden of mental disorders, 1990-2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023” in the journal, The Lancet (…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) and others published an article, "The People's Liberation Army's Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence Highlighting Integration as Key to "Intelligentization" Goals", with RAND Corporation. This article analyzes how China's PLA introduced and integrate AI into its equipment and operation through an…
Fatima Suarez's (Sociology) book, Latino Fathers: What Shapes and Sustains Their Parenting, received honorable mention for the 2026 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from the American Sociological Association Race, Gender, and Class Section.
David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) has been recertified as a certified organizational ombuds by the International Ombuds Association (IOA) for possessing the required knowledge and experience as an organizational ombuds. This certification recognizes Schwartz's continued demonstration of personal dedication, professional integrity, and…
The UNLV Ombuds Office is pleased to announce that the program has been accredited as a Certified Ombuds Program by the International Ombuds Association (IOA). This certification demonstrates that the office has met the premier global benchmark for organizational conflict resolution.
With this designation, the UNLV community can be sure that they…
S. Kathleen Krach and Shengtian Wu (both Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), along with Rob Dixon (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse), edited a special issue for the journal School Psychology Training and Pedagogy (SPTP), which is published by Trainers of School Psychologists (TSP). The special issue was on "…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published an op-ed titled "The US Immigration Workforce is Overwhelmingly Latino. The Reasons Why Are Rooted in History" in The Hill.
Mana Azizsoltani (Hospitality) & Ismael Gomez-Talal (International Gaming Institute) published an article titled 'Building a brief multidomain questionnaire for gambling dual disorder: Psychometric validation and RDoC-based dimensional structure' in the International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. This study yielded a…
NSHE Regents Appoint Chris Heavey as UNLV President
Heavey, a longtime UNLV faculty member and administrator, was named UNLV's 12th permanent president on Oct. 16 after serving as the university's interim president since April 2025.