Expanding Access to Care Through the UNLV Community Clinic
The clinic is providing care to the most underserved members of the Las Vegas community, all while offering critical learning experiences to Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV students.
Two UNLV Computer Scientists Earn Prestigious Early Career Research Awards
UNLV College of Engineering professors Chuck Tessler and John Businge each received highly coveted CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation to bolster their research programs.
Leading by Example: UNLV Football Great Hunkie Cooper
Recently honored as one of the nation’s top player development leaders, the Rebels’ assistant athletics director shares his thoughts on life, leadership, and setting up student-athletes for off-field success.
After years of building a career at a large accounting firm, Gloribert Roque-Melendez planned an early retirement. Guest lecturing at UNLV gave her an unexpected reason to change course.
UNLV interim president outlines record growth and big future plans in trying political environment
As colleges and universities across the nation struggle with declining enrollment and a volatile federal funding landscape under the Trump administration, UNLV is thriving, interim President Chris Heavey told the Sun this month in a wide-ranging interview.
The term “nutrition transition” was coined by an American nutritionist, Barry Popkin, in 1993 to describe the large-scale shifts in human diet, energy spending, and body composition that happen alongside general economic development, urbanization, and demographic changes.
At the heart of the School of Medicine's commitment to service is Jennifer Young, whose work continues to strengthen the bonds between the school and the community it serves.
Published: Grace Patrick, Lauren Reyes, Nicole Short
Grace Patrick, Lauren Reyes, and Nicole Short (all Psychology), along with colleagues from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, have published a manuscript titled “Psychometric evaluation of a momentary posttraumatic stress disorder checklist: An ecological…
April Ursula Fox (Education) proposed and moderated the interdisciplinary faculty panel EDUPUNK: Reimagining Knowledge Production Through Punk-Inspired Praxis at PunkCon 2026. The panel brought together five UNLV scholars to explore how punk’s traditions of creativity, collaboration, experimentation and DIY practice can inform research, teaching,…
Dr. Brandon Karcher (Surgery; Medicine) received the first place research award at the Nevada State Medical Association Presidential Installation & Awards Gala on Aug. 22 for his presentation titled, "E-Bikes on the Rise: A Retrospective Comparison of Pediatric Micromobility, Bicycle, and Motorcycle Injuries."
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