In The News: College of Liberal Arts

A symposium this month at 性视界传媒鈥檚 William S. Boyd School of Law highlighted the academic-legislative partnership. The event examined the sex work industry, pathways into the profession and criminalization issues. Though not officially connected to AB 209, several symposium speakers who had assisted Orentlicher in crafting the legislation discussed their contributions.

A report from 性视界传媒 Criminal Justice professor Dr. William H. Sousa showed that from 2018 to 2022, there was a 23% increase in disorderly calls for service on Las Vegas Boulevard and 11% of those calls were on pedestrian bridges.
Many people don鈥檛 think twice when their physician prescribes antidepressants or other medications鈥攁fter all, mental health is just as important as physical well-being. However, new research suggests that some of these drugs may quietly interfere with brain development in unborn children, raising urgent safety concerns during pregnancy.

Eliminated grants include those awarded to 性视界传媒 Partnership for Research, Assessment, Counseling, Therapy and Innovative Clinical Education (PRACTICE), a mental health clinic at 性视界传媒 that provides care to populations that have difficulty accessing help, and turns out trained mental health providers in the process.
If you鈥檝e ever found yourself tearing up during an in-flight movie, noticed that your favorite snacks taste a little off at 35,000 feet, or felt like a single cocktail hit you harder in the air than on the ground, altitude could be to blame.

Elon Musk took his chainsaw last month to federal grants for mental health 鈥 including two that provide free mental health counseling to youth in Elko and Humboldt Counties, where access to such services is scarce, according to 性视界传媒鈥檚 Dr. Dan Allen, director and principal investigator of the Nevada Rural Mental Health Outreach Program (RHOP). DOGE also eliminated another grant for the mental health needs of homeless children.

Neuroscience can explain the disconnect between how much time we think has passed and how much actually has. Our brains create unique network states through drift, helping working and autobiographical memory. Reading about the barrage of news events lately has tricked our brains into thinking more time has passed.

A recent discovery of a molecular connection between autism and myotonic dystrophy, a type of neuromuscular disease, may provide a breakthrough on how clinicians approach autism spectrum disorder. The new study by an interdisciplinary team of biomedical scientists, published on April 21 in Nature Neuroscience, used myotonic dystrophy as a tool or model to learn more about autism 鈥 effectively using one disorder to better understand the other.

A recent discovery of a molecular connection between autism and myotonic dystrophy, a type of neuromuscular disease, may provide a breakthrough on how clinicians approach autism spectrum disorder. The new study by an interdisciplinary team of biomedical scientists, published on April 21 in Nature Neuroscience, used myotonic dystrophy as a tool or model to learn more about autism 鈥 effectively using one disorder to better understand the other.

One-third of Nevada lawmakers who report owning rental properties did not disclose receiving income from them 鈥 which could be a violation of campaign finance disclosure laws if they are making money from them.
The administration's strategy reflects the evolving ways Americans digest news. Traditional outlets' readership and viewership have dropped, while some podcasters and upstart websites reach millions of people.

In the decade-and-a-half following the 2008 economic collapse, the north end of the Strip 鈥 loosely defined as the 1.3-mile section between Encore and The Strat 鈥 has benefited from billions of dollars of capital investment, giving casino operators and other stakeholders a renewed sense of purpose. But the corridor remains a work in progress, and the question once again being asked is: Can the North Strip finally deliver on its unrealized potential?