“Urban Adventure,” an experiential, scenario-based class in UNLV’s Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, creatively incorporates each of the college’s diverse academic disciplines to give students a unique opportunity to learn about the impact crime can have on a community. Students are thrust into the middle of a simulated crime scene, and throughout the semester they traverse the case and a wide-range of complex related issues as social workers, crime scene investigators, public information officers, policymakers, and journalists.
Transforming lives through new treatments for Alzheimer's, dementia, and other brain disorders: this is the mission behind UNLV's Department of Brain Health. Dr. Jeffrey L. Cummings, a research professor and leading expert on Alzheimer's disease clinical trials, oversees the world's only research observatory that connects programs across the world. He and his team are broadening efforts to share trial outcomes and get new treatments to patients in record time.
UNLV’s Sports Research & Innovation Initiative, supported by Nevada’s Knowledge Fund, has quickly positioned itself as a go-to source for industry thought leaders to advance sports science, business, and performance in partnership with UNLV. Las Vegas is emerging as an epicenter of sports, with UNLV positioned to elevate competitive athletics as a key catalyst for economic growth and diversification.
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What does it take to make a modern medical school? Commitment at every level, from UNLV to community members, Regents to Legislators, all the way to the Governor. A will to address the medical professional shortage. A pressing need to diversify the state's economy. And some outstanding leaders in the university and community dedicated to building the best school possible. A decade from early conversations, UNLV prepares to celebrate its first graduating class of physicians.
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UNLV jumped 50 spots to enter the top 10% in CollegeNet, Inc.’s 2020 Social Mobility Index, an annual analysis that ranks four-year U.S. colleges and universities according to how effectively they enroll students from under-resourced backgrounds and graduate them into well-paying jobs. UNLV ranks 131 out of more than 1,400 schools nationwide.
A construction site is abuzz as students resume work on Mojave Bloom, UNLV's entry into the U.S. Department of Energy's international 2020 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge. The theme of resilience - taking on new meaning amid a global pandemic - is carrying 50 UNLV students through as they finish the energy-neutral home designed to provide a healing respite for military veterans with PTSD or traumatic brain injuries. The competition begins April 15, with nine teams vying for the title of best students builders.
Mojave Bloom will be displayed at LV Healing Garden.
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UNLV's College of Education has been committed to training teachers for Nevada's classrooms since its founding. But the Nevada Institute for Teaching and Educator Preparation takes that commitment even further. The institute, funded by the Nevada Legislature, prepares future Silver State teachers to elevate educational outcomes for K-12 students by engaging local communities, conducting next generation educational research, and tackling complex topics like youth homelessness. It’s a smart idea that’s about to pay off as the first cohort graduates this spring.
The UNLV vaccination site - a partnership with our NSHE sister institutions in Southern Nevada - has administered thousands of doses to members of the public. Our collective response demonstrates a very tangible value our students, staff, and faculty have in our state - directly addressing Nevadans greatest needs. UNLV's response has included a free COVID-19 testing site, creating and assembling more than 60,000 test kits, making and donating PPE, and more. Our people are on the front lines every day so that, together, we will bring an end to this pandemic.
A UNLV-record 26 programs – including 14 from the William S. Boyd School of Law – ranked among the top 100 in their fields as part of U.S. News & World Report's annual collection of top graduate and professional schools released today.
Among the university’s notable rankings were in Nuclear Engineering (28th) and Criminal Justice (29th). UNLV’s master’s and doctoral programs in Nursing also performed well, ranking 66th and 65th overall, respectively. They join an online nursing master’s program that the publication already ranks as the nation’s 7th best.
Other UNLV programs ranked within their field’s top 100 include doctoral programs in public affairs (83), sociology (84), political science (89), and English (99), and Lee Business School’s part-time MBA program (89). The Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering had four disciplines ranked in the top 100, with aerospace studies (62), environmental engineering (83), and civil engineering (95) joining the nuclear engineering program.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover, newly arrived on Mars, is on a mission to uncover secrets hidden within the Red Planet. Here on Earth, UNLV engineering doctoral student Alexandrea Washington is on her own mission, engaging in research that could one day benefit NASA. Washington is one of just 17 student scientists nationwide picked by NASA for a three-year fellowship to advance future space explorations. The fellowship, part of NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project, proves that for talented students like Washington, the sky’s not the limit – it’s only the beginning.
The state's investment in the UNLV School of Medicine is paying dividends. The school earned full accreditation in February. Its first class of physicians will graduate in May. Its faculty and students are actively helping to end the pandemic through testing and vaccination sites. Its 135,000-square-foot Medical Education Building is under construction and will open in 2022. Plus, the school is delivering patient care now to Nevadans at 14 specialty clinics. In its first four years, UNLV Medicine has delivered more than 5,000 babies, performed 52,000 surgeries, and made more than 180,000 hospital visits. We're feeling better already. The UNLV School of Medicine is doing its part to heal the economy by generating an estimated 8,000 new jobs and creating an economic impact of $1.2 billion by 2030.
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Strengthening Las Vegas’ standing as the global intellectual capital for gaming. Decoding human genes to help Nevadans live longer, healthier lives. Capitalizing on a regional sports boom by advancing sports science, business, and performance. The Knowledge Fund has performed at UNLV as its champions intended, driving dynamic new research, innovation, workforce development, and public-private partnerships in areas that Nevada has targeted for economic growth. And we're just getting started. As of March 2021:
- 66 patents filed by UNLV Knowledge Fund programs.
- $20.8M of outside research generated by UNLV Knowledge Fund programs.