Professor Joe Regalia (Law) is leading legal writing and legal tech trainings throughout the summer at government agencies including the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the FDA, the VA, and various state and local agencies;…
Presentation: Student Affairs and the Office of Decision Support
The Office of Decision Support was recognized as the third place winner of the SAS Innovative Problem Solvers award for their efforts in building the new MSI Equity Dashboard. This dashboard was created in collaboration with the MSI Data and Assessment Subcommittee as a way to support UNLV Top Tier 2.0 Strategic Planning goals…
Su Kim Chung (Libraries) was awarded a 2024 Historic Preservation Award for Preservation Education by the City of Las Vegas Historic Preservation Commission. Chung received the award for her more than two decades of work at the forefront of preserving the history of Las Vegas. She was commended in particular for her efforts preserving the city's…
Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) presented a study titled "Visual Detection Probability of Mean Shifts" during the 2024 Symposium of Data Science and Statistics held in Richmond, VA from June 4-7.
Visually detecting trend changes in statistical graphics is often done but rarely studied. This study estimates the detection rate of…
Ian Bartrum (Law) published a new article entitled Structural Originalism: A Better Theory of the Second Amendment. It will be published in a forthcoming edition of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law.
Joyce Mack Professor of Law Michael Kagan (Law) chaired a panel discussion about the impact of changes in Chevron deference on immigration law at the bi-annual Immigration Law Teachers & Scholars Conference at the University of Minnesota.
The Nevada Law Journal published Frank A. Fritz III's (Law) Symposium Introduction: Challenge and Hope, 24 Nev. L.J. 687, in the spring symposium issue: Avoiding Disaster—Understanding, Mitigating, and Adapting to the Global Climate Crisis. The introduction was co-written Kyle-Matthew Taylor, a 2024 Boyd School of Law graduate.
Eve Hanan (Law) presented her paper, Acting Guilty: Emotions as Proof in Pregnancy Crimes, at the Law and Society Association conference in Denver on June 6. The paper analyzes the legal and social context of a woman's manslaughter conviction for her miscarriage, even in the absence of any proof of causation.
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.