World-renowned Alzheimer’s researcher and UNLV professor Jeffrey Cummings’ highly regarded 2024 annual report was featured in a journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. As the co-director of the Alzheimer’s drug development observatory within UNLV’s Department of Brain Health — the only observatory of its kind in the world —  Cummings' data for the annual Alzheimer’s drug development pipeline report keeps policy makers, healthcare systems, and patients apprised of the updates taking place among Alzheimer’s clinical trials.

Paragon Gaming has committed $1 million to the UNLV Athletics RebelUp campaign to help launch a new career development program at UNLV for female student-athletes. The Diana Bennett Career Development Program for Women's Sports will provide internship programming, resume-building, networking, job shadowing, externship programs, skills training, etiquette training, and more.

An interdisciplinary UNLV team — backed by a $2.1 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy — is innovating a unique, clean energy solution to replace blast furnace technology, a centuries-old steel production method that has long powered the iron and steel industry. Over the next three years, the team will pioneer a technology that can “scale up and compete” with the industry-standard blast furnace method, ultimately lowering the industry's carbon footprint.

As part of a mentorship program in the School of Architecture, students work with faculty to develop their portfolios and participate in national competitions. Two students in the mentorship program, Han Bui and Catherine Douglas, were finalists of the 2024 American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Student Portfolio Competition. Selected from a highly competitive pool of over 200 graduate and undergraduate applicants nationwide, their achievement is a significant accomplishment for the program and a tremendous national honor for UNLV.

The Raiders and UNLV joined forces to organize the Raiders, UNLV, Sport, and Health (RUSH) program, an interactive one-day event designed to introduce 200 sixth- through eighth-grade girls to flag football, inspire their pursuit of sports in high school, and tackle mental health and nutrition concerns. Recognizing the proven benefits of sports participation on women's health, the RUSH program nurtures essential life skills such as teamwork and leadership, promoting a more positive body image and bolstered self-esteem among the participating girls.

The annual President’s Innovation Challenge is a team competition that encourages entrepreneurship to help solve major problems in Southern Nevada and beyond. In response to this year’s prompt to chart the future of education through innovative applications of artificial intelligence, a handful of students came together to find a solution that would help improve the lives of the people closest to them: their families. The winning teams were awarded $10,000 to $25,000 to support the implementation of their innovations.

The first and central repository for material documenting the history of Southern Nevada, UNLV Special Collections & Archives received a grant to digitize approximately 800 unique audiovisual items found across a number of archival collections related to gaming and hospitality. The Library is also collaborating with the Tropicana to preserve its six-decade legacy on the Strip, adding to the extensive gaming-related research material collection.

For the first time in the UNLV hockey program, the 2023-24 Skatin’ Rebels played for a national championship after a 25-6-2 regular season and took second overall. The team earned two First Team All Tournament Awards, two Second Team All Tournament Awards, and two Honorable Mention All Tournament Awards.