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    The concert features selections from the Jazz Ensemble I album, My Favorite Things, and Back Home, from the Latin Jazz Ensemble and Joe Williams Scholarship Quintet's release.

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    A selection of prominent headlines featuring UNLV experts from July and August.

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UNLV Health Mojave Counseling team members posing for a photo while clients engage in crafting activities.
Business and Community |

At UNLV Health Mojave Counseling, caring for Southern Nevada’s most vulnerable residents means addressing severe mental illness with compassion and resilience.

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Arts and Culture |

Nearly 160 issues of publication offer researchers a look at the businesses, culture, and connections that shaped the gentlemen’s club industry.

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Campus News |

As the fall semester begins, these Rebels are optimistic about achieving good grades and making new connections.

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Campus News |

An inside look at the skilled custodial team that cares for UNLV's campuses.

UNLV Experts In The News

Las Vegas Review Journal

As questions swirl over Hope for Prisoners’ fate, scandal is not always a death knell for nonprofits, experts say.

Pasadena Star-News

SCNG journalists' first stop en route to New York for the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks is the fake version where genuine feelings were shared.

The Latin Times

A year after ICE enforcement fears began emptying Latino festivals and parades, the pattern is still reshaping how communities gather — and what it's costing them.

Colorado River 2026
People |

Longtime UNLV soil, water, and plant scientist Dale Devitt shatters sustainability myths and shares lawn care tips and tricks to maximize water conservation for desert living.

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Research |

As allocations from the Colorado River further squeeze the Las Vegas Valley’s water resources, innovation from UNLV's Center for Urban Water Conservation may ease the burden on plants and communities.

Dr. Aftab Merchant and Owen McCloskey in the school of medicine's prosection lab.
Business and Community |

The anatomical education program at the medical school has rapidly evolved into one of the most advanced in the region.

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Campus News |

Lakshmi Reddi, an engineer with a ‘lifelong love affair’ with the arts, on how he came to understand the value of education.

Minerva Massis inside the fRMI lab
People |

While her fMRI journey has stretched nearly around the world, the chance to return to the university that helped shape her path was a no-brainer.

Recent Accomplishments

Dr. Ken Reed (Dental) accepted a two-year appointment to the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Bylaws committee, which begins Oct. 20 at the close of the House of Delegates session. Established in 1905, the American Society of Anesthesiologists serves to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and to improve…
Moses Karakouzian (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) published a 1,200-page book in 2026 titled Advanced Foundation Engineering: Principles, Performance, and Prospects, co-authored with A. H. Eslami and published by Wiley.
Assistant professor Kymberly Mellen (Theatre) recently opened a critically acclaimed, 92-performance production of Melissa Leilani Larson’s Pride and Prejudice at The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater’s Lindsay Legacy Theater in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Following rehearsals from June 1 through Aug. 15, the production opened Aug. 17 and runs through Nov. 7…
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