As part of a mentorship program in the School of Architecture, students work with faculty to develop their portfolios and participate in national competitions. Two students in the mentorship program, Han Bui and Catherine Douglas, were finalists of the 2024 American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Student Portfolio Competition. Selected from a highly competitive pool of over 200 graduate and undergraduate applicants nationwide, their achievement is a significant accomplishment for the program and a tremendous national honor for UNLV.

The Raiders and UNLV joined forces to organize the Raiders, UNLV, Sport, and Health (RUSH) program, an interactive one-day event designed to introduce 200 sixth- through eighth-grade girls to flag football, inspire their pursuit of sports in high school, and tackle mental health and nutrition concerns. Recognizing the proven benefits of sports participation on women's health, the RUSH program nurtures essential life skills such as teamwork and leadership, promoting a more positive body image and bolstered self-esteem among the participating girls.

The annual President’s Innovation Challenge is a team competition that encourages entrepreneurship to help solve major problems in Southern Nevada and beyond. In response to this year’s prompt to chart the future of education through innovative applications of artificial intelligence, a handful of students came together to find a solution that would help improve the lives of the people closest to them: their families. The winning teams were awarded $10,000 to $25,000 to support the implementation of their innovations.

The first and central repository for material documenting the history of Southern Nevada, UNLV Special Collections & Archives received a grant to digitize approximately 800 unique audiovisual items found across a number of archival collections related to gaming and hospitality. The Library is also collaborating with the Tropicana to preserve its six-decade legacy on the Strip, adding to the extensive gaming-related research material collection.

For the first time in the UNLV hockey program, the 2023-24 Skatin’ Rebels played for a national championship after a 25-6-2 regular season and took second overall. The team earned two First Team All Tournament Awards, two Second Team All Tournament Awards, and two Honorable Mention All Tournament Awards.

UNLV Physical Therapy jumped more than 10 spots and ranked at 44th in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report. The program's continual rise into the top 50 reflects an ongoing dedication to advanced research, positive student outcomes, and improved community health.

Boyd Law again ranked among the nation’s best, according to U.S. News and World Report, in overall and multiple discipline-specific categories. The school earned top ten rankings in legal writing (2) and dispute resolution (7). Overall, Boyd ranked 78th out of 196 accredited programs, and its part-time program ranked 13th.

The only collegiate wrestling team in the state of Nevada, UNLV’s Wrestlin’ Rebels celebrated a historic milestone in 2024: a five-peat of NCWA West Coast Conference Championships (men's team), three national NCWA All-Americans (two from the men's team; one from the women's team), including UNLV's first-ever woman wrestler to reach the championships and become an All-American. UNLV Wrestling was resurrected in 2017 within the NCWA, perpetuating the tradition established by its NCAA Division-I team from the '70s and '80s.