UNLV Dance Announces 50th Anniversary Concert Season
This landmark season gathers an extraordinary community of choreographic voices whose works celebrate where UNLV Dance has been, honor who it is today, and imagine where it will go next.
Tracing the Colorado River: UNLV Honors Students Take Water Policy on the Road
A three-day, 1,000-mile journey to the Colorado River's Rocky Mountain headwaters turned a semester of water policy coursework into something students could literally wade into deeply.
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program participates in the Las Vegas Military-Civilian Partnership, allowing both military and civilian residents to learn skills they wouldn’t get anywhere else.
Experts say artificial intelligence is not coming for your job just yet
Google’s new AI & Economy ATLAS report, released July 23, finds that AI is mostly playing an assistive role — helping with ideas, strategy and similar tasks — while fully automating work remains rare.
Is It Safe to Reuse Single-Use Plastic Bottles? Food-Safety Experts Settle the Debate
Reusing clean, undamaged plastic bottles with water is generally safe, but bacteria can grow over time. Avoid refilling bottles with sweetened or perishable drinks to reduce health risks. Switching to reusable metal or glass bottles helps reduce plastic waste.
Red swastika sprayed onto Nevada campaign billboard
A campaign sign depicting California Governor Gavin Newsom and Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford appeared to be vandalized with a swastika in recent days.
Rafael Oganesyan Helps Students Turn Research Into Opportunity
The 2026 Administrative Faculty of the Year for Student Service Excellence on his UNLV career — from a high schooler quietly earning college credit to director of the Office of Undergraduate Research.
Phil Burns, the longtime executive director of the Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities, reflects on more than three decades of service to UNLV.
Dr. William W. Aitken (Medicine) co-authored an article titled "Precision greenness exposure is associated with lung cancer risk in medicare beneficiaries" published in the August 2026 volume of Cancer Causes & Control. This study examined whether lung cancer risk is influenced by block-level greenness, controlling for age, sex, race/…
Andrew Lugg and Jared Oestman (both Political Science) published their paper “Reciprocity in International Law: Evidence from Investor-State Dispute Settlement” in the World Trade Review, a leading journal in international trade and investment law. Lugg and Oestman use a survey experiment (n = 2,227) on US attitudes towards Investor-State Dispute…
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