Topic: UNLV history

children at a science presentation
Business and Community | September 26, 2017

As the rest of the country becomes as diverse as Las Vegas, UNLV is creating better-than-best practices for our next generation of kids.

art gallery
Arts and Culture | September 13, 2017

In an era of answers at our fingertips, UNLV’s real role is to promote ignorance in our students, argues the Barrick Museum’s D.K. Sole.

researcher in lab
Research | September 12, 2017

UNLV research efforts have consistently grown over its 60-year life span, setting us on track to someday becoming one of the premier research universities in the nation.

U.N.L.V. signage with Fall leaves in the background
Campus News | September 12, 2017

We're celebrating UNLV's 60th anniversary with a full lineup of events and special coverage this year. These essays explore the future of UNLV and our impact in Southern Nevada and the world.

aerial shot of the university in 1960
UNLV History | September 7, 2017

As both a graduate and a history professor, Michael Green has watched UNLV’s growth with some awe. It’s future, he says, will be all the more astonishing.

entrance to library
People | August 29, 2017

Ernst Lied and his namesake library continue to play an important part in the everyday lives of UNLV students.

Jerry Vallen and Larry Ruvo
UNLV History | March 23, 2017

Annual fundraising event has grown from warehouse gamble into a full-blown food festival. Former dean shares the story of how it started.

Rendering of the performing arts center
UNLV History | March 7, 2017

From one unified design, the realities of time and budget forced the Judy Bayley Theater and Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall into separate buildings.

Detail of Salvador Dali's "Dante’s Inferno Plate 1" 1970, Woodcut print
Arts and Culture | January 11, 2017

Barrick Museum chronicles its evolution as a principal venue for contemporary art and unveils new shows for its celebration.