Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published the book "Public Crises and Personal Threat" with Glynis Breakwell of Imperial College in London and Universities of Bath & Surrey with Sage Publications.
Elissa Palmer (Family and Community Medicine) presented “Leadership: Identifying gender gap and stressors with a focus on self-competency assessment and resilience” at the Europe Region Annual Meeting of the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians (WONCA) in Dublin,…
Patience Crowder (Law) was part of a panel discussion on "Protecting Our Professional Identities While Teaching Our Students How to Form Their Own" at the 2024 Society of American Law Teachers Teaching Conference & Junior Faculty Development Workshop. 
Alexander Barzilov, Woosoon Yim (both Mechanical Engineering), Artem Gelis (Radiochemistry), and Ke-Xun Sun (Electrical and Computer Engineering) were awarded a five-year, $5,000,000 renewal grant from the National Nuclear Security Administration through the Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (MSIPP) to continue research projects of…
Douglas Unger (English) published a novel, "Dream City." The novel is an unconventional portrait and fictional history of Las Vegas during the boom years before the economic crash brought on by the Great Recession. Through stories of its industry executives on the make, ideologies of marketing and consumerism in the "casino economy of America" are…
Bret Birdsong (Law) presented at the 2024 Martz Symposium on Public Lands: The Future of Public Lands – People, Place, and Power.
Marketa Trimble (Law) presented at the International Conference on Emerging Issues in Intellectual Property Law at the Salzburg University in Austria. She discussed the cross-border functioning of exceptions and limitations to copyright.
On September 25, Adeste Sipin (Medicine) presented at NBME’s Medical Education Learning Specialists (MELS) webinar. This webinar focused on how the use of NBME’s INSIGHTS dashboard can support student success, with some topics including the challenges and opportunities the presenters experienced in helping students use assessment…
Nikkie Preston (Medicine) was honored as one of VEGAS INC's 2024 Women Inspiring Nevada. Preston's efforts in development and alumni relations are critical to the success of the medical school. Her role involves giving philanthropic guidance to students and staff and working with donors and faculty to set up scholarships, endowments,…

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