Professor Keith Rowley (Law) has been elected a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, which counts among its members many leading practitioners and a select few leading academics in the field of commercial law.
Timothy Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) co-published an article on "Social Anxiety, Drinking Game Motives, and Drinking Game Outcomes Among a Large Multisite Sample of University Students" in the journal Cognitive Therapy and Research.
Undergraduates with higher levels of social anxiety may be motivated to participate in high-risk…
Professor David Tanenhaus (Law; History) will present a paper in May on the history of juvenile justice at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law in Freiburg, Germany.
Professor Justin Iverson (Law) has joined the Nevada Prison Education Project (NPEP) team. NPEP aims to create higher education coursework and programs at the community college and university level that lead to advanced degrees, certifications, and other valuable credentials.
On June 23, 2023, Hikmet Loe (Art History) participated in Critical Ground, hosted by Granary Art Center in Ephraim, Utah. The day-long exploration of arts criticism generated conversation to move dialogue outside the art centers of New York City and Los Angeles. Loe's performative talk, which was reinvisioned in a paper, posits how art criticism…
Notable: Tyler D. Parry, Michael Green, Claytee White
Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed on KNPR's State of Nevada to discuss a new documentary titled, "Across the Tracks: A Las Vegas Westside Story," that explores the history of Las Vegas' Westside and the African American experience in southern Nevada. Parry…
Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute) was interviewed for a BBC article on AI in the gambling industry. Ghaharian commented on ethics in AI and the challenges inherent in managing its use.
With a little guidance from his mother, the new director of Student Diversity Programs is ready to cheer on and empower UNLV's diverse student population.