Topic: society and culture

Nicole Santero
People | July 15, 2016

When she noticed boy band fans controlled worldwide Twitter trends, journalism grad Nicole Santero wanted to know why.

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Business and Community | July 6, 2016

Tackling community issues is fundamental to the UNLV School of Medicine as it prepares for its incoming class in 2017.

Margie Toves
People | May 11, 2016

Margie Toves is among the first graduates from a program to produce social workers specializing in children’s mental health.

Matthew Perry and Theresa Butler
Campus News | April 22, 2016

Crowdsourced scholarship program offers a way for Clark County's homeless students to live on campus and get academic support to succeed at UNLV.

teenage male, sitting in a dark hallway, holds his head in his hands
Research | February 26, 2016

Vulnerable youth have a friend in Ramona Denby-Brinson, the 2015 Harry Reid Silver State Research Award winner.

Lake Mead
Research | February 10, 2016

As water leaders contend with unprecedented drought and demand, will the river people of the Colorado band together as regional citizens? Water policy expert Patricia Mulroy weighs in.

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Arts and Culture | February 8, 2016

Why do we sing the national anthem before a ballgame and hear the same plucking of the koto strings when a movie is set in Japan? Ethnomusicologist Richard Miller explains.

Alissa Cooley and Katelyn Franklin
Business and Community | January 6, 2016

Thanks to Justice Americorps Grant, Las Vegas is one of the few places in the nation where unaccompanied children receive free legal representation in court.

Health Law Program employees
Campus News | December 8, 2015

Boyd School of Law expands health law program.