Topic: research

Stan Smith
Research | November 1, 2005

The 2003 Harry Reid Silver State Research Award winner studies the unique processes of desert ecosystems to examine how climate change may affect other regions of the world.

UNLV history professor Andrew Kirk, project director Mary Palevsky, and sociology professor Robert Futrell.
Research | November 1, 2005

The Nevada Test Site Oral History Project is documenting, preserving, and disseminating the stories of those involved in one of the most technologically sophisticated yet controversial endeavors in Nevada’s history

Shadow Lane campus
Research | November 1, 2005

UNLV has developed a new campus that has emerged as a leading facility for health, biomedical, and biotechnological research

Alan Simmons
Research | November 1, 2005

Anthropology professor Alan Simmons explores how the social and economic changes that occurred 10,000 years ago in the Middle East forever altered the human experience

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Research | November 1, 2005

Several early faculty were committed to research at a relatively unlikely time in UNLV’s history. What can we learn from them?

Joseph Lombardo
Research | November 1, 2005

UNLV’s National Supercomputing Center provides research support.

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Research | November 1, 2005

UNLV’s nationally recognized department of educational psychology, housed within the College of Education, has made remarkable strides recently

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Research | November 1, 2005

A new book examines the history behind the creation of a separate court system for juvenile offenders and the discussions surrounding social and emotional development of adolescents.

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Research | November 1, 2005

Dr. Elspeth Whitney explains how science in Medieval times laid the groundwork for modern scientific advancements.

Robert Boehm
Research | November 1, 2005

The 2002 Harry Reid Silver State Research Award winner works on harnessing the region’s natural resources to create sustainable energy technology.

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Research | August 29, 2005

UNLV President Dr. Carol C. Harter and Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies Dr. Paul W. Ferguson welcome readers to the inaugural issue of UNLV Fusion.