Dawn Nielsen (Law) was a speaker on “Encouraging Mutual Support for Improved Pedagogy and Professional Resilience in Clinics and Externships from Beginning to End - Ideas for Intraschool and Interschool Collaborations, Mentoring Programs, Co-Teaching, and Transition Planning” at the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) 2024 Conference…

Patience Crowder (Law) was a speaker on “Race and Transactional Law Clinics: Conversations and Shared Learning between Transactional Law Clinicians and St. Louis Community Organizations” at the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) 2024 Conference on Clinical Legal Education.  

Shawn Gerstenberger (Public Health) was appointed to Three Square Food Bank's Board as a 2024 Board Member.

Mohammad Sohail Akhter (Social and Behavioral Health), Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Incidence of emerging Candida auris infection in Bangladesh: A rapid review of the literature” with Konok Akter from International Centre for Diarrheal…

Distinguished Saltman Fellow Patrick Chapin (Law) gave a talk for the Nevada Supreme Court's Nevada Settlement Program 2024 Workshop on "Preparation, Stakeholders, Malpractice, and Agreements: Issues All Professional Mediators Will Encounter."

In Spring 2024, John Starkey's BUS 103-1001 class at UNLV's Lee Business School set an ambitious goal to raise $2,000 for local non-profit organizations in Nevada. The selected organizations include: Friends for Life Humane Society, Tortoise Group, Changing the Narrative Inc., and SouthWest Exotic Avian Rescue. Their dedication and innovative…

UPD Detective Nathaniel Drum and UPD Officer Damian Garcia were recognized at the annual Peace Officer Memorial ceremony held Friday May 3, 2024, in Reno, Nevada. Joined by hundreds of police officers from the State of Nevada, and Vice President for Public Safety Adam Garcia, the officers were cited for their quick, and heroic actions to stop the…

The Office of Decision Support has been recognized as the third place winner of the 2024 SAS Recognition Awards in the category of Innovate Problem Solver. This work is related to the MSI Equity Dashboard that is now available in UNLVAnalytics. Vice President for Student Affairs Keith Rogers, Joy Mariscal, Nikolina Pender, and Kanikka Wofford…

Amanda Koziura (Libraries) is co-author of a chapter, "Maintenance as a Core Value: Recommendations for Increasing Gender Equity on Digital Scholarship Teams" published in the book, Toxic Dynamics: Disrupting, Dismantling, and Transforming Academic Library Culture. Koziura is as associate professor and head of Scholarly Communication &…