MRI adjunct Randy Reichenfeld MSRS, RT(R)(MR), MRSO (Radiography) presented at the Association of Collegiate Educators in Radiologic Technology Conference (ACERT) on February 6, 2026. His presentation was titled "Re-envisioning MR Education: Reassessing Standards for Future Excellence."

Radiology Program Director Heidi Shelton D.C., R.T(R) and Clinical Coordinator Chrissie Choa MSRS, R.T(R) (both Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) presented at the Association of Collegiate Educators in Radiologic Technology (ACERT) Conference on February 5, 2026. The title of the presentation was "Cultivating Student Success Through…

Austin Horng-En Wang's (Political Science) research on cognitive warfare and espionage was cited in a legislative proposal introduced by a Member of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan. In the proposal, the legislator referenced Wang’s research to urge Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense to develop more comprehensive preventive measures aimed at…

Dr. Vishisht Mehta (Medicine) and his colleague Dr. Sameer K Avasarala published their original research titled, "Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence Among Pulmonologists," in the European Respiratory Journal Open Research. This paper reflects the results of their survey of pulmonologists assessing their familiarity, comfort and usage of…

Mayumi Ajioka, Ph.D., (World Languages and Cultures), co-presenting with Yumiko Kawanishi, Ph.D., (UCLA), presented a practice-oriented paper titled, “A Path to Confident Conversation Participants Using PBI Class Activities,” at the 2025 ACTFL Convention in New Orleans on Nov. 21, 2025. The presentation introduced practical classroom activities…

Lung-Chang Chien, Edom Gelaw (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Global Health), and colleagues published an article titled, “Tracking COVID-19 vaccination barriers over time: a census-tract-level barrier index approach,” in the journal Epidemiology and Infection. This study developed a dynamic, census-tract-…

Tyler D. Parry, associate professor and chair, (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a lecture for the Desert Oasis Black Student Union's "Lyceum Series," a collection of events organized by high school students for Black History Month. He presented research on the formation of Las Vegas's Historic Westside neighborhood, the…

Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine), chief of hematology and former dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, had his essay, "When a Medical School Dean Resigns," published in Academic Medicine, a journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). In the essay, Kahn writes that the average U.S. medical school dean tenure is only 4.3…

Mehmet Erdem (Hospitality) was promoted to the role of senior associate dditor for the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology. Previously, Erdem held the roles of assistant and associate editor, respectively. Since publishing its first issue in 2010, JHTT is ranked 5th among all SSCI-indexed journals in the hospitality field, and…