UNLV President Dr. Neal J. Smatresk and Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College Dr. Ron Smith welcome readers to the Spring 2011 issue of Innovation.

The shifts in German political thought that paved the road from post-Second World War towards Germany’s integration into the European Union are examined in a new book by Daniel Villanueva, visiting assistant professor of foreign languages at UNLV.

Increasing the number of graduates is still a priority, but UNLV’s School of Nursing also seeks to build its research and enhance understanding of the endeavor.

Why embrace research during tough economic times?

Meet some of the researchers at UNLV who are conducting nationally recognized work studying space and the mysteries of the cosmos.

While drought conditions in the West continue to produce record drops in water levels at Lake Mead, a rising tide of research at UNLV seeks to address some of the region’s most pressing water issues.

UNLV faculty demonstrate that research is actually the mother of invention – although necessity certainly got them thinking.

The work of one UNLV master’s student and her supervisor on the psychological and social consequences of gastric bypass surgery led them to compile their findings in a new book, which explores the reasons why patients undergo the procedure and the varied ways that the dramatic weight loss changes their lives.

A new book by the director of the UNLV Center for Gaming Research takes the reader through gambling’s historic timeline, from the earliest origins of using bones for dice up to the development of the high-tech resort casinos of today.

Director of the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies Ardyth Broadrick Sohn has written a book about her time in Huntsville, Texas, examining how the community’s culture and industry are shaped by the local prison facility and legal executions performed there.