Welcome
UNLV’s Office of Community Engagement seeks to support, facilitate, and promote collaboration, partnership, and engagement between the university and its many communities.
UNLV is a proud recipient of the 2020 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, a national distinction honoring the university for its exemplary community engagement practices. UNLV was one of only 119 institutions to receive this classification in 2020.
Ways to Engage
Virtually every unit, department, and group on the UNLV campus offers something for the community. Whether you are a nonprofit, government or business, an individual or family, a student, or faculty/staff, the opportunities to connect and collaborate abound.
Resources
Learn about just a sampling of the places on campus that offer engagement opportunities.
News
Edwin Oh uses genetics to improve health while Katherine Hertlein explores healthy relationships and the connection between sexuality and technology.
The university’s top engagement awards recognize commitment to the community in four different categories.
Professor Edwin Oh finds valuable COVID information lurking in our sewers.
Faculty/staff outreach award recipient Laura Kruskall developed a multifaceted approach to address food insecurity while providing opportunities for students.
Service-learning award recipient Deirdre Clemente teaches students to use historical knowledge gained through archival research to create new ways to educate the public.
In The News
- Oct. 4, 2021 | Las Vegas Review Journal
- Oct. 4, 2021 | Voice of America
- Oct. 4, 2021 | Newswise
- Oct. 4, 2021 | Las Vegas Review Journal
- Oct. 4, 2021 | Las Vegas Sun
- Oct. 4, 2021 | Neuroscience News
- Oct. 4, 2021 | Mysterious Universe
- Sep. 13, 2021 | Las Vegas Sun