Bobbie Barnes in front of former Mirage hotel
People |

With the help of the Rebel Career Champions Network, faculty members like Bobbie Barnes are instilling career competencies into their frameworks.

A professor shows two students a prototype.
Campus News |

Do you know how to use a makerspace? This class will teach you.

Karlie Passey in front of "Rebels Make It Happen" banner on campus
People |

The senior human resources business partner brings a small-town, big-heart strategy to her work helping fellow Business Affairs employees navigate processes.

image of a globe with China visible
Business and Community |

Scholars, business leaders, and diplomats convened to emphasize the critical role of people-to-people exchange in strengthening the bilateral relationship between the two countries.

UNLV Experts In The News

Las Vegas Review Journal

Two years after a gunman killed three UNLV professors and seriously injured another, the college says it has plans to construct a healing garden that memorializes the tragedy.

Las Vegas Review Journal

No one would have expected back in 1985 that the National Finals Rodeo would be the massive success that it has become. But now, 40 years later, it’s one of the toughest tickets to get, and what is considered the Super Bowl of rodeos is primed to extend its record of 379 consecutive sell-out performances with 10 nights of competition Thursday through Dec. 13 at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center.

Las Vegas Weekly

What if a gingerbread house could prevent a real home from going into foreclosure? That’s the idea behind a fundraiser by Freed’s Bakery and homebuilder Taylor Morrison. The Build Joy program donates $1,000 for every $55 gingerbread house kit Freed’s sells to HomeFree USA, a Maryland-based, HUD-approved national nonprofit that assists homeowners to prevent foreclosures.

Four family members, including three women and one man, pose after a UNLV volleyball match
Athletics |

From the football field to the basketball hardwood to the volleyball court, two generations of the Harris family beam with Rebel Pride.

students surround "patient" on stretcher during staged emergency
Campus News |

Applied Health Sciences students learn basics of emergency medicine through the real-life scenarios of firefighters.

woman in swimming cap hangs on edge of pool
People |

New to Southern Nevada, the dental medicine professor isn't shy about playing tourist and finds students often make the best teachers.

student collage
People |

Bite-sized stories of how friendship is a core element of the Rebel experience.

archival photo of large group of men and one woman posing around a cannon with a sign that says "1977 Rebels Won 9 Lost 2"
UNLV History |

'UNLV Magazine' reader helps identify booster Edith 'Edie' Kraemer.

Recent Accomplishments

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) recently appeared on the "Hot and Bothered" podcast to discuss the history of the marriage ritual "jumping the broom" and its relevance to Black American popular culture.
Benita R. Brooks (Teaching and Learning), Tillie Torres, Celest Diaz, and Blaze Epps (all Mater Academy East Campus) presented at the Literacy Research Association’s 75th Annual Conference on Dec. 3 during the Special Study Group Session: Educators, Administrators, and State Department Colleagues at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Their…
Professor Rebecca Nathanson (Law; Education) was part of a panel presentation entitled, A Collaborative Approach to Competency, at the 2025 Annual Beyond the Bench Conference. The presentation discussed the new Juvenile Competency Hub Court, the first of its kind in the nation, that Professor Nathanson and others recently helped to establish in…
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