Ashley Noel Pruitt (Medicine; Public Policy), associate director of technical assistance and policy for the Behavioral Health Education, Retention, and Expansion Network of Nevada (BeHERE NV), was recognized this month by the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs at 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄܿƴó. Pruitt is a doctorate candidate in the School of Public Policy and Leadership (…
Professor Mary LaFrance (Law) gave a presentation on "The Lanham Act’s Territorial Limits Post-Abitron," at the 32nd Annual IP Law & Policy Conference.
Professor Mary LaFrance (Law) was part of a panel discussion on "EU Copyright Developments" at the 32nd Annual IP Law & Policy Conference. 
Professor Lydia Nussbaum (Law) was part of a panel discussion on "Teaching and Measuring ADR Competency for Attorney Licensure?" at the 2025 American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section Spring Conference.
Professor Benjamin Edwards (Law) was a co-author on "Presentation of Arguments in a Brief of Current and Retired Practitioners and Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Reversal of the Opinion of the Delaware Court of Chancery in In Re Tesla, Inc. Derivative Litigation," for the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance. 
Joshua Chévere Cohen (Black Mountain Institute) was selected by the English Department as their 2025 College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Department Alumni. The 2025 Distinguished Department Alumni Cohort was recognized at the College of Liberal Arts Honors Convocation and presented with "COLA Keys to Success."
John Starkey (Kerestesi Center for Insurance and Risk Management; Business) was honored with the Showstopper of the Year title at the American Cancer Society’s Fork Cancer event in 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÃâ·ÑApp. Fork Cancer recognized twenty distinguished "Showstoppers," each tasked with raising critical funds to support the American Cancer Society’s mission. Through…
Steve Pace (Criminal Justice), Stephen Benning (Psychology), Logan Kennedy (Criminal Justice), and Jade Laughlin published an article, "Predictors of Successful Resolutions and Avoidance of Harms in Crisis Negotiations: An Analysis of the FBI’s HOBAS Database from 1982 to 2023." Crisis negotiation incidents can be emotionally charged events and…
Kenyon Lee Whitman (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) co-authored a paper in AERA Open titled "Secondary and Postsecondary Education Outcomes of Students with Experience in Foster Care: Systematic Review of the Literature From 2000–2023." This study provides a definitive publication that reports secondary and postsecondary…

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