People
| November 8, 2012
Extreme Jobs: In Hot Water
Microbiologist Brian Hedlund knows from experience just how dangerous a hot spring can be.
Topic: research
Research
| November 1, 2012
Silver State Scholars
The Harry Reid Silver State Research Award honors the best of UNLV’s faculty researchers.
Research
| November 1, 2012
Research in Print: Fall 2012
Faculty authors explore Spanish vanguard poetry, fatherhood, multi-modal learning, and more.
Research
| November 1, 2012
Research Briefs: Fall 2012
Discovery of a new scorpion species; medication errors by domestically and internationally trained nurses; magnetic bacteria with potential for the biotech industry; stalagmites act as rain gauges; and UNLV’s institutional repository.
Research
| November 1, 2012
A Career Achievement
An elite group of UNLV faculty have been honored with the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Career Award, which is designed “to establish a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.”
Research
| November 1, 2012
Silver State Scholars: Yim
The Harry Reid Silver State Research Award honors the best of UNLV’s faculty researchers.
Research
| November 1, 2012
A Career Achievement: Lee
Meet Dong-Chan Lee, one of several UNLV recipients of the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER Award, the highly competitive grant designed to establish leadership in education and research.
Research
| November 1, 2012
A Career Achievement: Rennels
Meet Jennifer Rennels, one of several UNLV recipients of the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER Award, the highly competitive grant designed to establish leadership in education and research.
Research
| November 1, 2012
Advances in Adolescent Education
As new technologies are being developed, new opportunities for educational resources are increasingly available to teachers and students. In his recent book, UNLV education professor Tom Bean lays out strategies for taking advantage of these resources and incorporating them into the classroom to help students achieve success in the technology age.
Research
| November 1, 2012
Poetry of the People
UNLV distinguished professor Catherine Bellver takes a literary journey back to 1920s Spain, exploring the vanguard poetry movement of the time that sprung from cultural progression, innovation, and shifting gender norms.
Research
| November 1, 2012
Legacies Intertwined
A new book by UNLV journalism professor Gregory Borchard delves into the connected lives of president Abraham Lincoln and 19th century newspaper editor Horace Greeley, both of whom wielded wide influence on the trajectory of the U.S. Civil War and have left an indelible imprint on U.S. history.
Research
| November 1, 2012
What Does It Mean to Be a Father?
UNLV anthropology professor Peter Gray and fellow anthropologist Kermyt Anderson have written a book exploring the biological and social aspects of “fatherhood” and how paternal attitudes have evolved across time and in different cultures.