Michelle Paul, assistant vice president of Mental & Behavioral Health Training and Workday Endowed executive director of UNLV PRACTICE; John Tuman, executive associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts; and Christopher Kearney, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Psychology received a series of grants from the Nevada…

Brittani Sterling (University Libraries), Brittany Fiedler (University Libraries), and Christopher Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) co-organized UNLV's third annual "Douglass Day Transcribathon," which celebrates the birthday of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass and explores the important legacy he left upon the United…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a public lecture at the Whitney Library exploring the origins of Black History Month. He examined how it is celebrated in the United States and abroad, while providing additional insights into how the event was first celebrated in Las Vegas and how it grew over the decades.

Teresa (Tess) Walker, Lilla Brody, and Brenna Renn (all Psychology) published their manuscript, "Depressive symptomology across adult age groups: Differences in PHQ-9 symptom endorsement in a US sample," in Aging and Mental Health. This analysis of 8325 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) sought to…

All nine students in the clinical psychology Ph.D. program who applied nationwide for predoctoral clinical internships to complete their training obtained a position in the national match conducted by the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers. They will be going to eight states (NV, CA, CO, TX, AL, FL, MI, NH). Their final…

Shane Kraus (Psychology), Tiange Xu (International Gaming Institute), and Andrea Dassopoulos (International Gaming Institute) have been awarded $312,239 from the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission's Responsible Gaming Grant program for their project "The Causal Impact of Sports Betting Promotional Offers." The research will provide…

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) discussed Rev. Jesse Jackson’s broader political legacy and his direct impact on Las Vegas labor movements for KSNV Channel 3 News.

Brenna Renn and Katie Singsank (Psychology), Ishrat Zaman (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Kimberly Cobos and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published an article titled, "Differential item functioning of the Geriatric Depression Scale-short form in the NACC dataset," in Alzheimer's & Dementia, the journal of the Alzheimer's…

Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology), Erika Marquez (Environmental and Global Health), Courtney Coughenour (Environmental and Global Health), Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Social and Behavioral Health & Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy), and Selam Ayele (Environmental and Global Health) published "Household insecticide use and pyrethroid…

J. Abigail Saavedra (Psychology) and colleagues published their article, "Radical Accountability: A Strategy for Addressing Challenges and Inequities in Research Mentoring Relationships" in Feminisim and Psychology. Their paper paper argues that while research mentoring in psychology can either reduce or reinforce systemic inequities,…

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…

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…