Geoscientist Elisabeth Hausrath is one of just 10 scientists selected by NASA to determine which soil samples will return to Earth for study from its highly anticipated Mars 2020 mission. The samples will be the first from Mars to return to Earth and have the potential to transform our understanding of that planet.
To commemorate the second anniversary of 1 October, UNLV University Libraries, Get Outdoors Nevada, and the City of Las Vegas, in partnership with the University of Nevada Press, have published Healing Las Vegas. The book tells the story of the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden through the pictures and words of survivors, volunteers, and local community members.
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Dr. Jeffrey Cummings, a renowned researcher and professor in the Department of Brain Health, received the 2019 Melvin R. Goodes Prize for Excellence in Alzheimer's Drug Discovery. The prize, awarded by the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, recognizes leading researchers developing treatments for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
The College of Education was awarded nearly $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education to expand the collaborative ReInvent Schools Las Vegas project, which supports academic enrichment, wraparound services, and family and community engagement at underperforming urban core schools. The program is a partnership with UNLV, the City of Las Vegas, and the Clark County School District.
UNLV alumna Beverly Rogers is establishing a $5 million endowment to support a rare books curator and bolster the rare books collection at UNLV. The endowment will fund the Beverly Rogers Rare Books Curator, the first named position in the University Libraries. Rogers will also donate her personal book
collection to the libraries’ Special Collections and Archives division.
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UNLV Athletics formally opened the new home for Rebel Football with a ceremony and facility tours Oct. 3. The two-story, 73,000 square-foot Fertitta Football Complex overlooks the team’s practice fields on the north end of campus and will support the team’s athletic and academic success.
UNLV students and faculty now have unprecedented access to 3D printers, laser cutters, and podcasting and video recording studios as part of Lied Library’s new Makerspace and Multimedia Production Studios.
This fall, 87 students will begin classes at UNLV as part of the new MGM Resorts College Opportunity Program, a system-wide partnership which offers MGM employees access to online degree and certificate programs at no cost to them.
The School of Nursing was one of just 10 programs nationwide named a 2019 Center of Excellence by the National League for Nursing, the leading professional organization for nurse educators. UNLV was recognized for sustained excellence in student learning and professional development in nursing and becomes the first in Nevada to earn the distinction.
Nearly 250 Southern Nevadans participated in Operation Battle Born this summer, marching 370 miles over 11 days across Nevada with nearly 7,000 dog tags to honor fallen service members since 9/11. The event was organized by the UNLV Military and Veteran Services Center, student government, and community partners.
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UNLV baseball's Bryson Stott was selected with the 14th overall pick by the Philadelphia Phillies during the 2019 Major League Baseball First-Year Draft in June. Stott becomes just the fourth Rebel in program history to be chosen in the first round, joining Matt Williams (1986), Donovan Osborne (1990), and Erick Fedde (2014).
UNLV’s Cybersecurity Center was recognized in June by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education. The distinction recognizes robust university programs in cybersecurity research and education, including those programs’ efforts to address a severe workforce shortage in the field.